Elderly Black Trauma Patients 20 Percent Less Likely to Die Than White Patients

Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that black trauma patients over 65 years of age were 20 percent less likely to die from their injuries compared to their white counterparts. A report on the research appears online May 28 in iJAMA Surgery/i. "We have long found it vexing that minority patients consistently do worse, even in treatment for trauma that seems to leave little room for bias," says study leader Adil Haider, M.D., M.P.H., an associate ...

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