Emergency Department Visits for COVID-19 by Race and Ethnicity — 13 States, October–December 2020
Autor: | Lakshmi Radhakrishnan, Aaron Kite-Powell, Amanda R Smith, Jennifer Adjemian, Jourdan DeVies, Kathleen P. Hartnett, Elise Caruso, Renee M Calanan, Zachary Stein, Loren Rodgers, Michael Sheppard |
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Rok vydání: | 2021 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Health (social science) Adolescent Epidemiology Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Population Ethnic group Rate ratio 01 natural sciences Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Health Information Management Ethnicity Humans Medicine Full Report 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Young adult Child education Aged education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Racial Groups 010102 general mathematics Infant Newborn COVID-19 Infant Retrospective cohort study Health Status Disparities General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged medicine.disease Comorbidity United States Hospitalization Child Preschool Emergency Service Hospital business Demography |
Zdroj: | Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report |
ISSN: | 1545-861X 0149-2195 |
Popis: | Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic), non-Hispanic Black or African American (Black), and non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons have experienced disproportionately higher rates of hospitalization and death attributable to COVID-19 than have non-Hispanic White (White) persons (1-4). Emergency care data offer insight into COVID-19 incidence; however, differences in use of emergency department (ED) services for COVID-19 by racial and ethnic groups are not well understood. These data, most of which are recorded within 24 hours of the visit, might be an early indicator of changing patterns in disparities. Using ED visit data from 13 states obtained from the National Syndromic Surveillance Program (NSSP), CDC assessed the number of ED visits with a COVID-19 discharge diagnosis code per 100,000 population during October-December 2020 by age and race/ethnicity. Among 5,794,050 total ED visits during this period, 282,220 (4.9%) were for COVID-19. Racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 ED visit rates were observed across age groups. Compared with White persons, Hispanic, AI/AN, and Black persons had significantly more COVID-19-related ED visits overall (rate ratio [RR] range = 1.39-1.77) and in all age groups through age 74 years; compared with White persons aged ≥75 years, Hispanic and AI/AN persons also had more COVID-19-related ED visits (RR = 1.91 and 1.22, respectively). These differences in ED visit rates suggest ongoing racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 incidence and can be used to prioritize prevention resources, including COVID-19 vaccination, to reach disproportionately affected communities and reduce the need for emergency care for COVID-19. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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