Health Equity

Opinion: U.S. Must Avoid Building Racial Bias Into COVID-19 Emergency Guidance

Abstract: States are releasing "Crisis Standards of Care" guidelines, aimed at helping desperate hospitals discern how to allocate scarce resources. But the guidance doesn't factor in health care inequalities.

Publication: NPR

Date Published: April 21, 2020

Author(s): Jossie Carreras and Tartak Hazar Khidir

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