Women, Black patients with chest pain having longer ER wait times
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on May 5, 2022
Chest pain accounts for more than 6.5 million ER visits each year in the United States, along with nearly 4 million outpatient visits. Photo by paulbr75/Pixabay
Women and people of color with chest pain -- the most common symptom signaling a heart attack -- face longer waits in U.S. emergency departments than men and White people do, new research reveals.
For the study, researchers analyzed data on more than 4,000 patients, aged 18 to 55, seen for chest . . .
