Care Teams Differ for Black, White Surgical Patients in the Same Hospitals (IMAGE)

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Care Teams Differ for Black, White Surgical Patients in the Same Hospitals

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Could the makeup of medical teams help explain why Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after heart bypass surgery in the same hospitals?

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Jacob Dwyer/ Michigan Medicine

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