Open AccessIs Decedent Race an Independent Predictor of Organ Donor Consent or Merely a Surrogate Marker of Socioeconomic Status?
Author(s) -
Derek A. DuBay,
David T. Redden,
Akhlaque Haque,
Stephen H. Gray,
Mo. Fouad,
Laura A. Siminoff,
Cheryl L. Holt,
Connie L. Kohler,
Devin E. Eckhoff
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0b013e31826604d5
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , residence , odds ratio , medicine , confidence interval , donation , demography , logistic regression , odds , organ donation , race (biology) , transplantation , population , law , environmental health , biology , botany , sociology , political science
Studies have demonstrated that African American race is a strong predictor of nondonation. However, it is often and correctly argued that African American race is a crude explanatory variable that is a surrogate marker of socioeconomic status, education, and access to health care. We hypothesized that, when controlling for these factors, African American race would cease to be a predictor of organ donation.