Poverty, Comorbidity, and Ethnicity: COVID-19 Outcomes in a Safety Net Health System

Autor:	Joseph P. Smith, Amy B. Kressel, Randall W. Grout, Bree Weaver, Megan Cheatham, Wanzhu Tu, Ruohong Li, David W. Crabb, Lisa E. Harris, William G. Carlos
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2022
Předmět:	Government Programs Epidemiology Ethnicity COVID-19 Humans General Medicine Comorbidity Poverty Original Report: COVID-19 United States
Zdroj:	Ethn Dis
Popis:	Objective: To determine if race-ethnicity is correlated with case-fatality rates among low-income patients hospitalized for COVID-19.Research Design: Observational cohort study using electronic health record data.Patients: All patients assessed for COVID-19 from March 2020 to January 2021 at one safety net health system.Measures: Patient demographic and clinical characteristics, and hospital care processes and outcomes.Results: Among 25,253 patients as­sessed for COVID-19, 6,357 (25.2%) were COVID-19 positive: 1,480 (23.3%) hospitalized; 334 (22.6%) required intensive care; and 106 (7.3%) died. More His­panic patients tested positive (51.8%) than non-Hispanic Black (31.4%) and White patients (16.7%, P
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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