Are discrepancies in waiting time for chest pain at emergency departments between african americans and whites improving over time?

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 349-355

  Alrwisan, Adel ^a,b   Eworuke, Efe ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^b Saudi Food and Drug Authority   (Saudi Arabia)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; disparity; emergency department; race; waiting time

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VERY ELDERLY; WAITING TIME; WATCHFUL WAITING; CHEST PAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME TO TREATMENT; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEST PAIN; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957840948     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2015.07.033     Document Type: Article

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