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Mortality prediction models alone could divert scarce critical care resources away from Black patients.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced medical professionals to face uncomfortable realities. For the last year, critical care physicians have been working in intensive care units (ICUs) that have grown to accommodate large numbers of patients who have become seriously ill from COVID-19. The issue of scarcity looms hospital staff worry whether there are not enough ICU beds or ventilators for all the patients who need them. In such a situation, how will hospitals fairly choose who gets access to these scarce resources, knowing that the patients who are turned away may die?