Health Equity

Are lung function algorithms perpetuating health disparities experienced by Black people?

Abstract: Is the use of race-based lung function algorithms blinding clinicians (and society) to the health harms of structural racism?

Publication: STAT

Date Published: September 15, 2020

Author(s): Adam W. Gaffney, Steffie Woolhandler, and David U. Himmelstein

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