Table 2 Distribution of choices for “next step” among correctly and incorrectly identified diagnoses for case vignettes with race and gender jointly randomized.
From: Influence of race and gender on variability in clinical decision-making in neurology
Disease Case | Correct Diagnosis | Incorrect Diagnosis | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Race and Gender | Race and Gender | |||||||
Next Step a | Black Female | Black Male | White Female | White Male | Black Female | Black Male | White Female | White Male |
Stroke | ||||||||
Diagnostic, No. (%) | 97 (82) | 113 (75) | 120 (82) | 128 (82) | 9 (90) | 13 (100) | 10 (71) | 10 (83) |
Therapeutic, No. (%) | 21 (18) | 37 (25) | 27 (18) | 29 (18) | 1 (10) | 0 (0) | 4 (29) | 2 (17) |
RRMS | ||||||||
Diagnostic, No. (%) | 45 (35) | 46 (39) | 56 (42) | 41 (31) | 21 (72) | 24 (86) | 13 (81) | 25 (78) |
Therapeutic, No. (%) | 85 (65) | 73 (61) | 78 (58) | 92 (69) | 8 (28) | 4 (14) | 3 (19) | 7 (22) |
Parkinson Disease | ||||||||
Diagnostic, No. (%) | 27 (20) | 24 (16) | 24 (17) | 27 (20) | 8 (67) | 7 (78) | 12 (57) | 8 (62) |
Therapeutic, No. (%) | 111 (80) | 122 (84) | 121 (83) | 110 (80) | 4 (33) | 2 (22) | 9 (43) | 5 (38) |
Epilepsy | ||||||||
Diagnostic, No. (%) | 75 (59) | 74 (52) | 78 (52) | 71 (52) | 10 (43) | 8 (57) | 7 (58) | 9 (53) |
Therapeutic, No. (%) | 52 (41) | 67 (48) | 72 (48) | 66 (48) | 13 (57) | 6 (43) | 5 (42) | 8 (47) |
PPMS | ||||||||
Diagnostic, No. (%) | 71 (68) | 80 (75) | 84 (64) | 91 (73) | 27 (79) | 39 (85) | 25 (81) | 33 (79) |
Therapeutic, No. (%) | 34 (32) | 27 (25) | 47 (36) | 34 (27) | 7 (21) | 7 (15) | 6 (19) | 9 (21) |
