Differences in COVID-19 Testing and Test Positivity Among Veterans, United States, 2020.

Jacqueline M FergusonHoda S Abdel MagidAmanda L PurnellMathew V KiangThomas F Osborne

Published in: Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) (2021)

Although veterans have access to subsidized health care at the VHA, the increased risk of receiving a positive test result for COVID-19 among Black and Hispanic/Latino veterans, despite receiving more tests than White and non-Hispanic/Latino veterans, suggests that other factors (eg, social inequities) are driving disparities in COVID-19 prevalence.

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