Study: Delayed Care More Likely for Women
January 27, 2009 · Print This Article
Women complaining of heart trouble are more likely to be delayed en route to the hospital, a new study has found. According to the study, conducted by researchers at Tufts Medical Center, women were 52 percent more likely to wait after emergency personnel arrived than their male counterparts. Researchers were unable to pinpoint the cause of longer waits among the female cardiac patients surveyed. You can read more from journalist Roni Caryn Rabin in the January 23, 2009 New York Times HERE.
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