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Organ Transplantation and "The role of race and ethnicity in health care crowdfunding: an exploratory analysis"

Tuesday, August 6, 2024, from 2:00 PM ET to 3:00 PM ET • Sponsored by AST's Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access to Life (IDEAL) Committee

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.

Speaker:
- Sara Machado, PhD • Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI

Moderator:
- Ruth Adekunle, MD • Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

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