Open AccessAcute chest pain in African Americans: factors in the delay in seeking emergency care.
Author(s) -
Kathleen Ell,
L. Julian Haywood,
Eugene Sobel,
Maria Deguzman,
David E. Blumfield,
Jing Ning
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.6.965
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , layperson , medicine , affect (linguistics) , myocardial infarction , population , chest pain , family medicine , medical emergency , environmental health , psychiatry , psychology , communication , political science , law
African Americans have been shown to have longer delay times than the majority population in seeking care for acute cardiac problems. The purpose of this study was to determine whether socioeconomic factors affect delay times.