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Use of medical care for chest pain: differences between blacks and whites.

Year: 1990

Type: article

Abstract: Data from a 1980, community-based survey of adult residents of Edgecombe County, North Carolina were analyzed to examine differences between Blacks and Whites in the reported use of medical care after experiencing chest pain. Of all adults (N = 302) with chest pain in the year prior to interview, 49 percent of Blacks and 27 percent of Whites did not see a physician following the chest pain (difference = 22%, 95% CI = 12, 33). A multivariable analysis found that although the association between race and utilization was reduced at poverty levels of income, it was not explained by differences in demographic characteristics, health status or other dimensions of access to care.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.80.3.290

Author: D S Strogatz

Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: American Heart Association, World Health Organization, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute