Annals of emergency medicine
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To determine the correlates of compliance with follow-up appointments and prescription filling after an emergency department visit. ⋯ Not having an appointment made before leaving the ED was an independent correlate of missing follow-up appointments. Lack of insurance and dissatisfaction with discharge instructions were independent correlates of not filling prescriptions.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Effect of a patient's sex on the timing of thrombolytic therapy.
We sought to determine whether a patient's sex independently influences the interval from emergency department arrival to the initiation of thrombolytic therapy in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). ⋯ We infer that a patient's sex may play a significant role in the observed delay in treatment for women. Our data, coupled with previously published work, strongly suggest a systematic negative effect for women in their interaction with the health care system during AMI. We suggest that variables other than systems issues affect the time elapsed before thrombolytic therapy.