Is Decedent Race an Independent Predictor of Organ Donor Consent or Merely a Surrogate Marker of Socioeconomic Status? | Zendy

Derek A. DuBay | Zendy; David T. Redden | Zendy; Akhlaque Haque | Zendy; Stephen H. Gray | Zendy; Mo. Fouad | Zendy; Laura A. Siminoff | Zendy; Cheryl L. Holt | Zendy; Connie L. Kohler | Zendy; Devin E. Eckhoff | Zendy

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Is 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.

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