Why the study?
Race influences medical decision making, but its impact on advanced heart failure therapy allocation is unknown.
Does patient race influence clinician decision-making and allocation of advanced heart failure therapies?
Population
422 members of a national heart failure organization
Comparison
Clinical vignettes depicting a black man vs a white man
Design
Randomized clinical vignette study with blinded participants and mixed-methods think-aloud interviews
Authors
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Suggests possible racial bias in advanced HF therapy allocation among older clinicians; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice implications.
Does patient race influence clinician decision-making and allocation of advanced heart failure therapies?
Patient race modestly influences clinician decision-making for advanced heart failure therapies, highlighting a vulnerability to racial bias in therapy allocation discussions.
Breathett et al. (2019) studied this question.
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