Younger and Rural Children are More Likely to be Hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 Infections.
Rebecca M CantuSara C SandersGrace A TurnerJessica N SnowdenAshton IngoldSusanna HartzellSuzanne HouseDana FrederickUday K ChalwadiEric R SiegelJoshua L KennedyPublished in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2023)
Children diagnosed during the pre-Delta or Delta waves were more likely to be hospitalized than those diagnosed during the Omicron wave. Younger and rural patients were more likely to be hospitalized regardless of wave. We suspect lower vaccination rates and larger distances from medical care influenced higher hospitalization rates.