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Research Letter
April 15, 2024

Stigmatizing Language, Patient Demographics, and Errors in the Diagnostic Process

Author Affiliations
  • 1Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco
  • 2Division of Hospital Medicine, Denver Health, University of Colorado, Denver
  • 3Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Denver
  • 4Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
JAMA Intern Med. 2024;184(6):704-706. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2024.0705

Stigmatizing language (SL) is widespread throughout medical documentation.1 It is more likely to be found in the records of Black patients,2,3 patients with public insurance,2 and patients with certain comorbidities.3 We investigated associations between SL, errors in the diagnostic process, and demographics for hospitalized patients.

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