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Racism, discrimination may lead to First Nations patients leaving emergency rooms: Alberta study
A study out of Alberta published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal showed that acts of racism and discrimination by hospital staff make First Nations patients more likely to leave an emergency room before being treated.
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Study suggests First Nations people in Alberta tend to get lower level of emergency care
Hospital emergency rooms in Alberta are likely to assess complaints from First Nations people as less urgent than those from other patients, even when their problems are the same, says a new study that looked at millions of such visits. “If people have a long bone fracture, you might expect the treatment would be the same between groups,” said Patrick McLane of the University of Alberta, a co-author of the study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
“First Nations people in emergency departments were less likely to get the higher triage score, which would result in higher urgency of treatment.”
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