ArticleSpartan medical research journal2022
Racial Variations in Emergency Department Management of Chest Pain in a Community-based Setting.
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- Racial Disparities in Door-to-Clinician Time for Cardiac Chest Pain in the Emergency Department.The western journal of emergency medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
introductionChest pain is one of the most common chief presenting complaints occurring in most Emergency Departments. The HEART score is a validated risk stratification tool commonly used to evaluate chest pain. Prior research has demonstrated the existence of complex racial variations in health care, specifically in what tests are ordered (or accepted by patients) during evaluation and treatment of cardiac disease. The authors hypothesized that chest pain management (i.e., disposition to hospital/observation unit and rates of stress testing) patterns and longitudinal outcomes (i.e., death and 30-day readmission) would occur differently in African Americans despite systematic use of the HEART score.
methodsFunded by the Statewide Campus System, this study was comprised of a retrospective chart review of a sample of eligible patients presenting with chest pain to the authors' 345-bed community-based Michigan hospital.
resultsOf the 1,412 eligible sample patients, 886 (63%) reported their racial affiliation as White, 473 (33%) African-American, and 53 (4%) "Other". The average HEART score in Whites was 3.92 (SD = 1.89) compared to 3.31 (SD = 1.79) in African-Americans, (p < 0.01, 95% CI: 0.40-0.82). However, White patients' odds of admission to observation or inpatient was 1.49 times higher (95% CI: 1.04 - 2.15), with every unit increase in HEART score increasing the odds ratio of admission by 3.24 times (95% CI: 2.79 - 3.76). White patients were also 2.37 times more likely to receive (or accept) stress tests than African American patients (95% CI: 1.41 - 3.88). Only five (0.01%) of 458 White patients with HEART score between 4 and 6 experienced 30-day readmission or death whereas seven (0.04%) of 193 African-American patients experienced these outcomes (p = 0.04 with OR 3.40, 95% CI: 1.07 - 10.9).
conclusionsAlthough the authors were unable to precisely distinguish the provider (e.g., desire to order testing) and patient-driven (e.g., desire to accept testing) factors likely to contribute to measured differences, these results suggest continued complex racial variations concerning hospital admission and stress testing in chest pain patients. Further studies are needed to analyze potential systems or subject-level factors influencing the multi-dimensional phenomenon of chest pain management across racial affiliation.
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