An Austin-Travis County, Texas, medic assists a patient in an ambulance. Historically redlined communities have less access to rapid emergency medical services, according to the findings of a new study (Brandon Bell/Getty Images).
Residents of historically redlined communities experience slower response times from emergency medical services, according to a study published Tuesday in JAMA Network Open.
Redlining refers to the discriminatory practice under which the federal government and banks systematically denied mortgages to Black and Hispanic residents. The practice deemed neighborhoods with higher proportions of nonwhite residents to be undesirable and financially risky for mortgage lending…