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Effort to remedy harm from race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants
The policy change increased transplant rates by 5.3 per 1,000 listings and gave over 21,000 Black candidates a median wait-time credit of 1.7 years, researchers said.
- After the U.S. transplant system ended the race-based kidney function test in January 2023, hospitals were ordered to review records and credit Black patients with previously missed wait time.
- A 1999 race-based formula modified kidney function results based on faulty theories, often making Black patients' organs appear healthier than they were, delaying diagnosis and transplant referrals.
- Researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and Boston Medical Center found more than 21,000 Black transplant candidates received wait-time modifications, gaining a median 1.7 years.
- During the study period, 7,484 Black patients received a new kidney; Dr. Rohan Khazanchi of Brigham and Women's said the policy 'hopefully helps move the needle toward equity.'
- Dr. L. Ebony Boulware of Wake Forest University School of Medicine wrote that findings 'suggest that improving transplant care for Black individuals did not harm individuals of other races,' urging similar efforts for other medical tests.
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Effort to remedy harm from race-based kidney test helps Black patients seeking transplants
A racially biased medical test for years kept Black people from getting kidney transplants. A new study shows a national plan to remedy the harm is working.
·Helena, United States
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