White-Means S I, Thornton M C
Memphis State University.
Milbank Q. 1989;67(1):35-57.
Both blacks and whites go to hospital emergency rooms for nonemergency health problems. Age, marital status, and health conditions are significant sociodemographic determinants for blacks' visits on these occasions, while those for whites include sex, age, education, insurance, employment status, region of residence, and health conditions. Despite the significant differences in determinants, similar influences bear on the two groups' decision to utilize medical services generally. Discrete analyses are still needed of cultural and interracial variation affecting the use of health facilities, together with intensive assessment of community characteristics in which the facilities are located, especially among black populations.
黑人和白人都会因非紧急健康问题前往医院急诊室。年龄、婚姻状况和健康状况是黑人在这些情况下就诊的重要社会人口学决定因素，而白人的决定因素包括性别、年龄、教育程度、保险、就业状况、居住地区和健康状况。尽管决定因素存在显著差异，但类似的影响因素通常会影响两组人使用医疗服务的决定。仍需要对影响医疗设施使用的文化和种族间差异进行离散分析，并对这些设施所在社区的特征进行深入评估，尤其是在黑人人口中。
