MPC Member Publications

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Title: Physician–patient racial concordance and disparities in birthing mortality for newborns

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2020

ISSN: 0027-8424

DOI: 10.1073/PNAS.1913405117

PMID: 32817561

Abstract: A large body of work highlights disparities in survival rates across Black and White newborns during childbirth. We posit that these differences may be ameliorated by racial concordance between the physician and newborn patient. Findings suggest that when Black newborns are cared for by Black physicians, the mortality penalty they suffer, as compared with White infants, is halved. Strikingly, these effects appear to manifest more strongly in more complicated cases, and when hospitals deliver more Black newborns. No such concordance effect is found among birthing mothers. Data and materials are available by limited use agreement from the Florida AHCA.

Url: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/35/21194

Url: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/35/21194.abstract

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Authors: Greenwood, Brad N.; Hardeman, Rachel; Huang, Laura; Sojourner, Aaron J

Periodical (Full): Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Issue: 35

Volume: 117

Pages: 21194-21200

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