MCOL September 18, 2020
Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new study: COVID-19 Racial Disparities in Testing, Infection, Hospitalization, and Death: Analysis of Epic Patient Data, which adds to the evidence of disparities in COVID prevalence.
KFF reports that “the racial disparities in illness and death are not fully explained by differences in underlying sociodemographic characteristics and health conditions, finds the study, which analyzed Epic electronic health record data for roughly 50 million patients from 53 health systems representing 399 hospitals across 21 states.” They conclude that “people of color may face increased barriers to testing that contribute to delays in obtaining testing until they are in more serious condition compared to White patients. They also demonstrate that people of color are bearing a...
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