Medical Xpress October 25, 2022
Black veterans hospitalized with COVID-19 were less likely to receive evidence-based treatments than their white counterparts but did not have higher rates of death or readmission, according to new research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scientists that was published today in JAMA Network Open.
The study, which examined two years of data from 130 Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs), found that the disparities in treatment were driven by differences in care that occurred within and between hospitals. In other words, individual hospitals were providing different rates of treatment to their Black and white patients, in addition to there being differences in care between hospitals that treat a disproportionate number of Black patients compared to those...
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