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.
compared to men and white adults," said study author Dr. Darcy Banco, chief resident for safety and quality at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, in New York City.
"Whether or not the differences in chest pain evaluation directly translate into differences in outcomes, they represent a difference in the care individuals receive based on their race or sex, and that is important for us to know," Banco explained in a journal news release. "We anticipated we might see differences later on in care , rather than in the early evaluation ," Banco said."We were also surprised to find differences in wait time by race, as the rate of heart attack among Black adults versus white adults is similar."in the United States, along with nearly 4 million outpatient visits.
According to senior study author Dr. Harmony Reynolds, director of the Sarah Ross Soter Center for Women's Cardiovascular Research at NYU Grossman,"Minutes count when someone has a heart attack. Calling an ambulance is also helpful because emergency medical technicians can treat chest pain and heart attack right away. People who arrive to the ER by ambulance often receive urgent care and attention sooner compared to people who arrive to the ER on their own.
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