Disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations and mortality among black and Hispanic patients: cross-sectional analysis from the greater Houston metropolitan area

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Pan, Alan P., Khan, Osman, Meeks, Jennifer R., Boom, Marc L., Masud, Faisal N., Andrieni, Julia D., Phillips, Robert A., Tiruneh, Yordanos M., Kash, Bita A., Vahidy, Farhaan S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BioMed Central Ltd 06.07.2021; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: African Americans; Age; Analysis; Blood; Comorbidity; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Cross-sectional studies; Cultural differences; Demographics; Demography; Diabetes; Diabetes mellitus; Disparities; Electronic health records; Ethnicity; Family income; Health aspects; Health care disparities; Hispanic Americans; Hospitalization; Hospitals; Hypertension; Income; Infections; Kidney diseases; Laboratories; Medical research; Metropolitan areas; Minority & ethnic groups; Mortality; Obesity; Pandemics; Parameters; Patients; Population density; Public health; Race; Regression analysis; Regression models; Respiratory diseases; SARS-CoV-2; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic factors; Viral diseases; Texas; United States > US

Background Disparate racial/ethnic burdens of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may be attributable to higher susceptibility to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) or to factors such as differences in hospitalization and care provision. Methods In our cross-se...