Racial disparity in Emergency Department triage

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 511-518

  Schrader, Chet D ^a   Lewis, Lawrence M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ED triage; racial disparity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CAUCASIAN; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACUITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84873204462     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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