Healthcare Disparities Correlated with In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19 Patients.
Int J Gen Med
; 14: 5593-5596, 2021.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Increasing age, male gender, African American race, and medical comorbidities have been reported as risk factors for COVID-19 mortality. We aimed to identify health-care disparities associated with increased mortality in COVID-19 patients.METHODS:
We performed an observational study of all hospitalized patients with SARS-CoV2 infection from within the largest multicenter healthcare system in Southeast Michigan, from February to December, 2020.RESULTS:
From 11,304 hospitalized patients, 1295 died, representing an in-hospital mortality rate of 11.5%. The mean age of hospitalized patients was 63.77 years-old, with 49.96% being males. Older age (AOR = 1.05, p < 0.0001), male gender (AOR = 1.43, p < 0.0001), divorced status (AOR = 1.25, p = 0.0256), disabled status (AOR = 1.42, p = 0.0091), and homemakers (AOR = 1.96, p = 0.0216) were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality.CONCLUSION:
Older age, male gender, divorced and disabled status and homemakers were significantly associated with in-hospital mortality if they developed COVID-19. Further research should aim to identify the underlying factors driving these disparities in COVID-19 in-hospital mortality.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Int J Gen Med
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos