did we really need a study for this?

it's obvious - white peeps are treated differently (i.e. better) than people of color, EVERYWHERE. yes, even in emergency rooms. racism? yes, it still exists. perhaps more under the surface but it's THERE and if you don't think it is, you're a fool

ER docs give whites narcotics more often
Whites More Likely Than Minorities to Get Narcotics From ER Doctors, Study Finds
CARLA K. JOHNSON AP News
Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites. The analysis of more than 150,000 emergency room visits over 13 years found differences in prescribing by race in both urban and rural hospitals, in all U.S. regions and for every type of pain.
"The gaps between whites and nonwhites have not appeared to close at all," said study co-author Dr. Mark Pletcher of the University of California, San Francisco.
The study appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Prescribing narcotics for pain in emergency rooms rose during the study, from 23 percent of those complaining of pain in 1993 to 37 percent in 2005..............