Why the study?
Racial bias is associated with advanced heart failure therapy allocation, but whether gender and racial biases affect advanced therapy allocation among women remains unknown.
Does patient gender and race affect the decision-making of clinicians during the allocation of advanced heart failure therapies?
Population
46 US clinicians attending an international heart transplant conference
Comparison
Clinical vignettes varying 1:1 by patient race and 20:3 by gender
Design
Qualitative randomized clinical vignette study
Authors
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Potential implicit biases warrant clinician reflection in advanced HF evaluations; this qualitative work leaves open effects on allocation equity.
Does patient gender and race affect the decision-making of clinicians during the allocation of advanced heart failure therapies?
This study highlights implicit gender and racial biases in the clinical decision-making process for advanced heart failure therapies, particularly affecting African American women.
Breathett et al. (2020) studied this question.
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