Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness
September 28, 2020
Association of Race and Ethnicity With Comorbidities and Survival Among Patients With COVID-19 at an Urban Medical Center in New York
Category: Article Summary
Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice
Keywords (Tags): disparities
- Despite a higher incidence of COVID-19 and a higher proportion of positive test results, non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic patients with COVID-19 had slightly lower risk of death than their non-Hispanic white counterparts (aHR=0.8, p=0.03 for Non-Hispanic Black and aHR=0.7, p=0.002 for Hispanic patients). These findings were based on a cohort study conducted at a medical center in New York City between March 14 and April 15, 2020 with 9,268 patients tested for SARS-CoV-2.
Kabarriti et al. (Sept 25, 2020). Association of Race and Ethnicity With Comorbidities and Survival Among Patients With COVID-19 at an Urban Medical Center in New York. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.19795