Yale: In COVID Crisis, Triage Standards May Worsen Racial Disparities in Treatment
September 20, 2021
September 20, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 20 (TNSJou) -- Yale University issued the following news:
During the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed doctors and nurses in some places have had to make agonizing decisions about which patients should receive scarce health care resources. Some hospitals have contemplated using a standard measurement to guide these decisions. But two new Yale-led studies suggest that the protocol known as SOFA could promote racial disparities in treatment outc . . .
During the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, overwhelmed doctors and nurses in some places have had to make agonizing decisions about which patients should receive scarce health care resources. Some hospitals have contemplated using a standard measurement to guide these decisions. But two new Yale-led studies suggest that the protocol known as SOFA could promote racial disparities in treatment outc . . .