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| author | Yang, Yifan Liu, Xiaoyu Jin, Qiao Huang, Furong Lu, Zhiyong |
| author_facet | Yang, Yifan Liu, Xiaoyu Jin, Qiao Huang, Furong Lu, Zhiyong |
| contents | Large language models like GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4 hold promise for healthcare professionals, but they may inadvertently inherit biases during their training, potentially affecting their utility in medical applications. Despite few attempts in the past, the precise impact and extent of these biases remain uncertain. Through both qualitative and quantitative analyses, we find that these models tend to project higher costs and longer hospitalizations for White populations and exhibit optimistic views in challenging medical scenarios with much higher survival rates. These biases, which mirror real-world healthcare disparities, are evident in the generation of patient backgrounds, the association of specific diseases with certain races, and disparities in treatment recommendations, etc. Our findings underscore the critical need for future research to address and mitigate biases in language models, especially in critical healthcare applications, to ensure fair and accurate outcomes for all patients. |
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| spellingShingle | Unmasking and Quantifying Racial Bias of Large Language Models in Medical Report Generation Yang, Yifan Liu, Xiaoyu Jin, Qiao Huang, Furong Lu, Zhiyong Computation and Language Large language models like GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4 hold promise for healthcare professionals, but they may inadvertently inherit biases during their training, potentially affecting their utility in medical applications. Despite few attempts in the past, the precise impact and extent of these biases remain uncertain. Through both qualitative and quantitative analyses, we find that these models tend to project higher costs and longer hospitalizations for White populations and exhibit optimistic views in challenging medical scenarios with much higher survival rates. These biases, which mirror real-world healthcare disparities, are evident in the generation of patient backgrounds, the association of specific diseases with certain races, and disparities in treatment recommendations, etc. Our findings underscore the critical need for future research to address and mitigate biases in language models, especially in critical healthcare applications, to ensure fair and accurate outcomes for all patients. |
| title | Unmasking and Quantifying Racial Bias of Large Language Models in Medical Report Generation |
| topic | Computation and Language |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.13867 |