Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
September 4, 2020
Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Admissions from COVID-19 and Determining the Impact of Neighborhood Deprivation and Primary Language
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice
Keywords (Tags): disparities, public health
- [Pre-print, not peer reviewed] Compared with white patients, minority race/ethnicity was found to be associated with hospital admission for Hispanic (OR: 3.8, 95% CI: 2.72-5.30), Asian (OR: 2.39, 95% CI: 1.74-3.29, and Black (OR: 1.50, 95% CI: 1.15-1.94) patients. Within each racial/ethnic group, quintiles of neighborhood-level deprivation were not associated with hospitalization. The analysis was based on 5,577 COVID-19 patients from 12 hospitals and 60 clinics in the US.
- Non-English speaking (OR: 1.91, 95%: CI 1.51-2.43) significantly increased odds of hospital admission across and within minority groups.
Ingraham et al. (Sept 3, 2020). Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Hospital Admissions from COVID-19 and Determining the Impact of Neighborhood Deprivation and Primary Language. Pre-print downloaded Sep 4 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.09.02.20185983