Racial health inequities and clinical algorithms a time for action

Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2021, Pages 1120-1121

  Neal, Richard E ^a   Morse, Michelle ^b,c  

^a US House of Representatives   (United States)

^b EqualHealth   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ALGORITHM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RACISM; ALGORITHM; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; BLACKS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; RACE FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; WHITES;

EID: 85111068796     PISSN: 15559041     EISSN: 1555905X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2215/CJN.01780221     Document Type: Note

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