'Children are dying as a result of just structural problems,' said Brad Greenwood, study co-author of a study showing that Black babies in the U.S. die at three times the rate of white newborns during their initial hospital stays.
Black newborns are more likely to survive during childbirth when cared for by Black doctors, according to a new study.
In the United States, Black babies die at three times the rate of white newborns during their initial hospital stays, according to a peer-reviewed study published Monday in the. But when Black doctors cared for Black babies, their mortality rate was cut in half. While this data doesn't tell us exactly why this happens, a mix of structural issues could've contributed and"each are really disturbing," according to Brad Greenwood, study co-author and an associate professor of Information Systems & Operations Management Sciences at George Mason University.
"I don't think any of us would suggest as co-authors that these results are manifesting as a result of malicious bias on the part of physicians," Greenwood said. "I also think that underscores how insidious something like this is. Children are dying as a result of just structural problems."Researchers analyzed 1.8 million hospital birth records in Florida between 1992 and 2015 and identified the race of the doctor.
The race of the doctor caring for white babies did not make much difference to the likelihood of survival and there was no statistically significant improvement in maternal mortality —
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