Waiting is something nobody enjoys, whether it's standing in line at the grocery store or spending too long in a doctor's waiting room. Unfortunately, a new study has revealed that lower income and Black Americans are often subjected to longer wait times than their wealthier, white counterparts. The study, conducted by researchers at the Harvard Business School and Stanford Medicine, looked at wait times for doctor’s appointments across the US. After examining over 10 million appointments, the researchers found that African-American patients and those from lower-income families waited approximately five minutes longer than white and higher-earning patients. The study showed that this increased wait time was consistent across all specialties, for everyone from primary care physicians to specialists. Researchers were unsure what was causing the discrepancy, but hypothesized that biased scheduling practices may be to blame. The study reinforced a disturbing pattern of institutional bias that affects African Americans in particular, from healthcare to the criminal justice system. The disparity between wait times for different races and economic classes serves as another reminder of the discrimination and privilege that still exists today. A new study has revealed the shocking truth: lower-income and Black Americans are subject to longer waiting times in doctor's appointments than their wealthier, white counterparts. Researchers from the Harvard Business School and Stanford Medicine studied 10 million doctor appointments and found that African-American patients and those from a lower income family waited an average of five minutes longer than their white, higher-earning counterparts. This increased wait time was consistent across all specialties, from primary care physicians to specialists. The researchers suspect bias scheduling practices are the cause of this unfair disparity, a heartbreaking reminder of discrimination and privilege that still exists in today's society.
https://www.lifetechnology.com/blogs/life-technology-science-news/social-inequities-reflected-in-wait-times-the-poor-wait-longer
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