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. 2021 Mar 1;181(3):386-388.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.5792.

Differential Documentation of Race in the First Line of the History of Present Illness

Jessica R Balderston  1 , Zachary M Gertz  2 , Raees Seedat  3 , Jackson L Rankin  1 , Amanda W Hayes  4 , Viviana A Rodriguez  5 , Gregory J Golladay  4
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Differential Documentation of Race in the First Line of the History of Present Illness

Jessica R Balderston et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study assesses medical records for evidence of racial bias in clinician documentation among patients admitted for breast cancer, sickle cell disease with crisis, status epilepticus, hypertensive emergency, pneumonia, or motor vehicle collision.

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Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Ms Rodriguez reported receiving grants from National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences during the conduct of the study. Dr Golladay reported receiving personal fees and royalties from OrthoSensor, Inc, and grants from KCI, Inc, and Cerus outside the submitted work; and receiving an editor stipend from the American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons for Arthroplasty Today. No other disclosures were reported.

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Figure.. Race Documentation by Patient Characteristics and by Note Writer Characteristics
A, Race documentation by patient characteristics; B, Race documentation by note writer characteristics. APC indicates advanced practice clinician; BC, breast cancer; HTN, hypertensive emergency; MVC, motor vehicle collision; PNA, pneumonia; SCC, sickle cell crisis; SE, status epilepticus.
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