Newborn Trials: Are Some Parents Just More Likely to Sign On?
Jan 14, 2021 Differing demographic characteristics appear to determine trial participation Brand new parents who agreed to enroll their infants in a neonatal clinical trial differed from those who declined participation in terms of self-identified race/ethnicity, income, and insurance coverage, researchers reported. In a survey-based study of 369 parents, those who placed the infant in the HEAL study had lower rates of Medicaid participation (41.1% versus 55.3%, P=0.04) and higher rates of annual income >$55,000 (52.8% versus 37.5%, P=0.03) compared with those who declined, according to Ell...
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