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Synergistic barriers to algorithmic recourse in healthcare and administrative systems

2026-02-26 health systems and quality improvement Title + abstract only
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Algorithmic decision systems mediate access to healthcare, credit, employment and housing, yet individuals who experience adverse decisions face multi-stage barriers when seeking recourse. We formalize these barriers as a series-structured system with 11 empirically parameterized stages across three layers (data integration, data accuracy and institutional access) and prove that single-barrier interventions are bounded by baseline system success. Under baseline parameterization derived from fede...

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