‘Undermines the narrative’: Scholars left out data in study finding black newborns do better with black doctors

Professor’s note on draft says data ‘undermines the narrative,’ according to documents obtained by open records

A widely-cited study used to support racial concordance, the theory that medical professionals provide better care to patients of the same race, appears to have left out data that “undermine[d] the narrative,” according to an open records investigation.

The 2020 study, led by George Mason University business Professor Brad Greenwood, found that “when Black newborns are cared for by Black physicians, the mortality penalty they suffer, as compared with White infants, is halved.”

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