Disparities in outcomes among COVID-19 patients in a large health care system in California

Health Affairs

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2020, Pages 1253-1262

  Azar, Kristen M J ^a,b   Shen, Zijun ^a   Romanelli, Robert J ^a,c   Lockhart, Stephen H ^a   Smits, Kelly ^a   Robinson, Sarah ^a   Brown, Stephanie ^a,d,e   Pressman, Alice R ^a,c  

^a SUTTER HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Alta Bates Perinatal Center   (United States)

^e Alta Bates Summit Medical Centers ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTHMA; CALIFORNIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DEPRESSION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HISPANIC; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAID; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSURANCE; MINORITY GROUP; PANDEMIC; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COHORT STUDIES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85086034074     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00598     Document Type: Article

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