Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Infections and Deaths Across U.S. Nursing Homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 11, 2020, Pages 2454-2461

  Li, Yue ^a   Cen, Xi ^b   Cai, Xueya ^a   Temkin Greener, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

coronavirus; COVID 19; disparity; nursing home; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RESIDENT; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MORTALITY;

COVID-19; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING HOMES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85091684478     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16847     Document Type: Article

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