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Study Reveals Bias Among Doctors Who Classify X-rays for Coal Miner s Black Lung Claims
UIC researchers first to publish data on B-reader financial conflicts of interest
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April 1, 2021 University of Illinois Chicago researchers are the first to report on the financial conflicts of interest that exist among doctors who review the chest X-rays of coal miners who file workers compensation claims of totally disabling disease with the U.S. Department of Labor s Federal Black Lung Program.
The UIC researchers found that the determinations of these doctors who are known as B-readers and who are certified by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH were strongly associated with the party that hired them.
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