A recent study by Stephen Hwang of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto found that potential patients of high socioeconomic status have a significantly better chance of getting an appointment. Researchers followed a script that suggested their status was either high or low -- by posing as a banker transferred to the city, for example, or as a recipient of social assistance.
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