Lack of gender disparities in emergency department triage of acute stroke patients

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 203-209

  Madsen, Tracy E ^a   Choo, Esther K ^a   Seigel, Todd A ^b   Palms, Danielle ^c   Silver, Brian ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ED care; Gender; Stroke; Treatment disparities; Triage

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE PATIENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STROKE; TIME; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TRIAGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84921652021     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2014.11.23063     Document Type: Article

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