Racial Disparities in Door-to-Clinician Time for Cardiac Chest Pain in the Emergency Department
Hispanic/Latino patients with cardiac chest pain experienced a 22% longer ED wait time than White patients. Our findings highlight the need for targeted interventions and multisite research to ensure equitable, timely care for all patients with acute cardiac conditions.
Authors
- Jeffrey Druck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7304-0850)
- Emad Awad (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0355-2412)
- Shilpa Raju
- Hesham Alsayyed
- Ramsey Issa
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- Walden University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.48835
- Primary Topic
- Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00