Medical Care · 2008 · 22 citations · 32 references
Minority patients without private insurance had slower times to specialist consultation and treatment; ED staffing and census had a small effect. To maximize patient safety and ED quality of care, administrators should ensure timely specialist consultation and determine additional mechanisms facilitating white privately insured patients' quicker care.
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