Hidden in Plain Sight - Reconsidering the Use of Race Correction in Clinical Algorithms

N Engl J Med. 2020 Aug 27;383(9):874-882. doi: 10.1056/NEJMms2004740. Epub 2020 Jun 17.

Authors

Darshali A Vyas¹, Leo G Eisenstein¹, David S Jones¹

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital (D.A.V.), and the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School (D.S.J.) - both in Boston, the Department of the History of Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (D.S.J.), and the Department of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York (L.G.E.).

PMID: 32853499
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMms2004740

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MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Cardiology
Female
Healthcare Disparities / ethnology*
Humans
Male
Nephrology
Obstetrics
Racial Groups* / genetics
Risk Assessment / ethnology*
Urology