AST's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access to Life (IDEAL) Committee welcomes Drs. Machado, Adekunle, and Spivey to examine racial disparities in health care crowdfunding.
Brown University School of Public Health
Providence, RI
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR
Organ Transplantation and "The role of race and ethnicity in health care crowdfunding: an exploratory analysis
(Health Aff Sch. 2024 Feb 28;2(3):qxae027. doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxae027. eCollection 2024 Mar.)
In this article:
Medical crowdfunding is a key source of financing for individuals facing high out-of-pocket costs, including organ-transplant candidates. However, little is known about racial disparities in campaigning activity and outcomes, or how these relate to access to care. In this exploratory, nationwide, cross-sectional study, [the authors] examined racial disparities in campaigning activity across states and the association between US campaigners’ race and ethnicity and crowdfunding outcomes using a novel database of organ-transplant–related campaigns, and an algorithm to identify race and ethnicity based on name and geographic location. Read more.
Sponsored by AST's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access to Life (IDEAL) Committee.