Association of Gender and Race With Allocation of Advanced Heart Failure Therapies.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Racial bias is associated with the allocation of advanced heart failure therapies, heart transplants, and ventricular assist devices. It is unknown whether gender and racial biases are associated with the allocation of advanced therapies among women.

Objective

To determine whether the intersection of patient gender and race is associated with the decision-making of clinicians during the allocation of advanced heart failure therapies.

Design, setting, and participants

In this qualitative study, 46 US clinicians attending a conference for an international heart transplant organization in April 2019 were interviewed on the allocation of advanced heart failure therapies. Participants were randomized to examine clinical vignettes that varied 1:1 by patient race

SUBMITTER: Breathett K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7412827 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature