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12.7. Dissecting racial bias in an algorithm used to manage the health of populations

Z Obermeyer , B Powers , C, et al. Vogeli

To read the full abstract: Science 2019;366(6464):447-53. doi: 10.1126/science.aax2342Short summary: Dissecting racial bias in health care systems revealed that a type of software program, which determines who receives access to high-risk health care management, routinely accepts healthier whites ahead of blacks who are less healthy.Comment: The yea...