Race/ethnicity-related and payer-related disparities in the timeliness of emergency care in U.S. emergency departments

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 606-620

  Johnston, Valerie ^a   Bao, Yuhua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disparities; Emergency care; Waiting time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 80051661970     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: 15486869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2011.0050     Document Type: Article

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