Open AccessHealthcare Disparities Correlated with In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Patients
Author(s) -
Rachel Harvey,
Maryan Hermez,
Luke Schanz,
Patrick Karabon,
Tracy Wunderlich-Barillas,
Alexandra Halalau
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s326338
Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , covid-19 , health care , mortality rate , demography , pediatrics , emergency medicine , disease , sociology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , economic growth
Increasing age, male gender, African American race, and medical comorbidities have been reported as risk factors for COVID-19 mortality. We aimed to identify health-care disparities associated with increased mortality in COVID-19 patients.