Mechanisms of socioeconomic differences in COVID-19 screening and hospitalizations.

Jarrod E DaltonDouglas D GunzlerVardhmaan JainAdam T PerzynskiNeal V DawsonDouglas EinstadterYasir TarabichiPeter B ImreyMichael LewisMichael W KattanJames YaoGlen TakslerKristen A BergNikolas I KriegerDavid KaelberLara JehiAnkur Kalra

Published in: PloS one (2021)

Non-Hispanic Black patients and patients from low-income neighborhoods tended toward more severe and prolonged symptom profiles and increased comorbidity burden. These factors were associated with higher rates of testing in the ED. Non-Hispanic Black patients also had higher test positivity rates.

Keyphrases

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
drug induced