Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "race/ethnicity"
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Association of Race/Ethnicity with Emergency Department Wait Times
(American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), 2005)OBJECTIVE:To determine whether wait times for children treated in emergency departments (EDs) nationally are associated with patient race/ethnicity. METHODS:Data were obtained from the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical ... -
Racial/Ethnic and Sex Differences in Emergency Medical Services Transport Among Hospitalized US Stroke Patients: Analysis of the National Get With The Guidelines–Stroke Registry
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015)Background: Differences in activation of emergency medical services (EMS) may contribute to racial/ethnic and sex disparities in stroke outcomes. The purpose of this study was to determine whether EMS use varied by ... -
Short‐ and Long‐term Rehospitalization and Mortality for Heart Failure in 4 Racial/Ethnic Populations
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2014)Background: The degree to which outcomes following hospitalization for acute heart failure (HF) vary by racial and ethnic groups is poorly characterized. We sought to compare 30‐day and 1‐year rehospitalization and mortality ... -
Use of Hydralazine‐Isosorbide Dinitrate Combination in African American and Other Race/Ethnic Group Patients With Heart Failure and Reduced Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)Background: Hydralazine‐isosorbide dinitrate (H‐ISDN) therapy is recommended for African American patients with moderate to severe heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (<40%) (HFrEF), but use, temporal trends, and ... -
Young Hispanic Women Experience Higher In-Hospital Mortality Following an Acute Myocardial Infarction
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015)Background: Although mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) have declined for men and women, prior studies have reported a sex gap in mortality such that younger women were most likely to die after an AMI. ...