Health Equity

Removal of Race From Estimates of Kidney Function: First, Do No Harm

Abstract: Black individuals are 2 to 4 times more likely than others to progress to kidney failure and are less likely to receive optimal therapies, including kidney transplants. Reasons that contribute to these disparities include a variety of factors that are a direct result of structural racism, including poor access to health care, low educational attainment, and poverty.

Publication: JAMA

Date Published: December 2, 2020

Author(s): Keith C. Norris, MD, Nwamaka D. Eneanya, MD, MPH and L. Ebony Boulware, MD, MPH

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