A study suggests that removing race from lung function equations could lead to reclassifying lung diseases for nearly half a million Black Americans as more severe. This change could result in increased disability payments for Black veterans, impacting up to $2 billion in disability payments.
"In military medicine, study shows rank and race affect care" @ushamcfarling @statnews https://t.co/bXSZzDA037
This is decades overdue—race adjustments have caused so much harm to #Black patients. Removing race adjustment from lung test could mean higher disability payments for Black vets https://t.co/v1KbY7yzjw via @statnews CC: @arjunmanrai @JamesADiao @rohankhaz https://t.co/j0s0Jc80fM
Removing race adjustment from lung test could mean higher disability payments for Black vets https://t.co/U7P5WK5sMV via @ushamcfarling for @statnews
New analysis shows that removing race from lung function estimates would increase the number of Black patients diagnosed with serious disease https://t.co/Wgs0eaw5uE
Social cost of bad scientific models: race-based adjustment (up to 15%) of spirometer measurements, yet no predictive differences between model without the adjustment. But, the adjustment impacts severity classification — up to $2B change in disability payments among black vets. https://t.co/uCo9xsNceN
Removing race adjustment from lung test could mean higher disability payments for Black vets. https://t.co/DpVfcz8SGO
Removing race from an equation used to assess lung function would mean the lung disease of nearly half a million Black Americans would be reclassified as being more severe and Black vets could qualify for more disability pay, study finds https://t.co/75SrKZjsws via @statnews
Special Article: Implications of Race Adjustment in Lung-Function Equations https://t.co/uQ83ohdbbd Editorial: Beyond Diagnostics — Removing Race from Lung-Function Test Interpretation https://t.co/DTrbUi2OeR #ATS2024 @atscommunity https://t.co/z2VpcnvuO0
🧵 1/ What’s at stake with race-based equations for lung function? Clinical, occupational, and financial reclassifications for millions of patients. I’m delighted to share this labor of love, published today in @NEJM and unveiled at #ATS2024. https://t.co/9V0Bck071g https://t.co/XG3J1WD0FM