Imperial College London
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Hilary Watt CStat FHEA MSc MA(Oxon) BA

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Senior Teaching Fellow in Statistics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7451h.watt Website

 
 
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322Reynolds BuildingCharing Cross Campus

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Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Harris:2017:10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0773,
author = {Harris, MJ and Marti, J and Watt, H and Bhatti, Y and Macinko, J and Darzi, A},
doi = {10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0773},
journal = {Health Affairs},
pages = {1997--2004},
title = {Explicit Bias Toward High-Income Country Research: A Randomized, Blinded, Crossover Experiment Of English Clinicians},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0773},
volume = {36},
year = {2017}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - Unconscious bias may interfere with the interpretation of research from some settings, particularly from lower-income countries. Most studies of this phenomenon have relied on indirect outcomes such as article citation counts and publication rates; few have addressed or proven the effect of unconscious bias in evidence interpretation. In this randomized, blinded crossover experiment in a sample of 347 English clinicians, we demonstrate that changing the source of a research abstract from a low- to a high-income country significantly improves how it is viewed, all else being equal. Using fixed-effects models, we measured differences in ratings for strength of evidence, relevance, and likelihood of referral to a peer. Having a high-income-country source had a significant overall impact on respondents’ ratings of relevance and recommendation to a peer. Unconscious bias can have far-reaching implications for the diffusion of knowledge and innovations from low-income countries.
AU  - Harris,MJ
AU  - Marti,J
AU  - Watt,H
AU  - Bhatti,Y
AU  - Macinko,J
AU  - Darzi,A
DO  - 10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0773
EP  - 2004
PY  - 2017///
SN  - 0278-2715
SP  - 1997
TI  - Explicit Bias Toward High-Income Country Research: A Randomized, Blinded, Crossover Experiment Of English Clinicians
T2  - Health Affairs
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.2017.0773
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/54102
VL  - 36
ER  -
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