Open AccessRacial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care Setting Choice for Adults Seeking Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Testing
Author(s) -
Alica Sparling,
Morgan Walls,
Carlene A. Mayfield,
Jennifer S Priem,
Jason Durham,
Timothy Hetherington,
Yhenneko J. Taylor
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001654
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , health care , emergency department , family medicine , health equity , pandemic , multinomial logistic regression , demography , gerontology , emergency medicine , disease , public health , covid-19 , psychiatry , infectious disease (medical specialty) , nursing , machine learning , sociology , anthropology , computer science , economics , economic growth
Equitable access to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) testing is important for reducing disparities. We sought to examine differences in the health care setting choice for SARS-CoV-2 testing by race/ethnicity and insurance. Options included traditional health care settings and mobile testing units (MTUs) targeting communities experiencing disproportionately high coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) rates.