Data showed that Hispanic people waited 39% longer than people of other races or ethnicities to be taken care of by health care professionals at one busy Atlanta hospital.
In a study at one Atlanta hospital, the American Heart Association found that Hispanic people who went to the emergency room due to chest pains waited longer to be treated, admitted or discharged compared to other people.
Analysts looked at more than 11,000 medical records of people going to the ER at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia, between January and December 2020 with the main symptom being chest pains. Other findings include that Hispanics represented less than 5% of all people who arrived in the ER complaining of chest pain during the study period. Hispanic people were also nearly three times more likely than non-Hispanics to be uninsured.
. "Contributing factors in delayed care among Hispanic people may include language barriers, cultural values and behavior, immigration status, the lack of health insurance or a lack of Hispanic health care professionals who can better promote health care equity."Though it was one hospital, the association said the data is another example of the racial and ethnic disparities continuing to plague people of color in the health care sector related to heart disease and stroke.
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