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Differences in donor heart acceptance by race and gender of patients on the transplant waiting list.
April 10, 2024
Breathett K, Knapp SM, Lewsey SC, et al. JAMA. 2024;Epub Mar 25.
Implicit bias can impact how long a patient waits for appropriate treatment. This study used heart transplant data from United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to determine how many offers of donor hearts a transplant treatment team declined, if any, before accepting a donation on behalf of their patient. White women were consistently more likely to get an acceptance at the first offer (i.e., the transplant team did not decline any offers before accepting); Black men generally had to wait the longest before an offer was accepted.
