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IMAGE: 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? view more
Credit: Jacob Dwyer/ Michigan Medicine
A new study finds Black patients are more likely to die after their heart bypass surgery if they re at a hospital where some care teams see mostly white patients and others see mostly Black patients. On the other hand, mortality rates are comparable between Black and white patients after heart bypass surgery when the teams of health care providers at their hospitals all care for patients of all races.