Did You Know? Hispanic patients waited 14.5% longer than non-Hispanic white patients in a study of Emergency Rooms published online today in the journal Health Affairs

Posted on: January 16th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Did You Know? ] [ Health ] [ Hispanic News ]
HispanicTips has 43,151 stories & 115,000+ visitors a month.
Check out today's 6 stories - Knowledge is Power!

So did you know this? If you didn’t, perhaps you could send it to someone you know to help spread the knowledge and please tell them about HispanicTips.

View more “Did You Know?” facts in our “Did You Know?” section

From: http://www.usatoday.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish

Stumble it! | | AddThis Feed Button

Other posts that may interest you

Study shows insurance status, not race, linked to complications in patients with acute appendicitis

Language Relates to Use of Mental Health Services for California Latinos

Hispanics, uninsured drive growth at health centers

Blacks, Hispanics Less Likely To Get Strong Pain Drugs In Emergency Rooms

Hispanics at greater risk of Alzheimers

Few Primary Care Practitioners Offer HIV Tests to Hispanic Patients in Los Angeles, New UCLA AIDS Institute Study Finds

Trend: Patients going to Mexico to get bariatric surgery

Language Barriers Impact Health Care

Health care for Hispanics is criticized- A study finds elderly patients are usually treated at inferior sites

Lower rates of emergency department injury visits among Latino children in the USA: no association with health insurance.

2nd Espisode of Ylse (not an ad but a Latina's web show) --»

Blogente

View latest posts of some of these at Blogente.com

If you are a Hispanic/Latino blogger who posts regularly and wants your link on 71,000 pages contact me.

Event Calendar
September 2008
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930  

Full Event Calendar

Upcoming Events

  • : 2008 Alma Awards
  • : second annual Emerging Faces in Hispanic Advertising Conference
  • : The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) - 29th Annual National Convention & Business Expo
  • : Indiana University Latino Alumni Association announces reunion
  • : 10th Strengthening & Valuing Latino/a Communities in Iowa Conference Nuestro Tapiz de Colores: Weaving the Threads of Our Past, Present, and Future
More Search Options

Search in Best Categories

Use HispanicTips' Internal Search - Entire Site

Use Lijit to Search Site + Blogente

Search Using Google

Check us out!

Feedback Form