Racial minorities twice as likely to get COVID

Embargoed until: Publicly released: 2021-11-12 03:00

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African American and Hispanic populations had double the odds of testing positive for COVID-19, compared with white populations, according to a review of 4.3 million patients from 68 studies. These results accounted for social and economic deprivation, which partly but not fully explained the higher risk. Having lower access to health care was also linked with testing positive in Hispanic and African American people. The authors say policies should address socioeconomic and racial disparities and make access to health care more equitable.

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conference: JAMA Network Open

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Organisation/s: University of California, VA San Diego Healthcare System, California (US)

Funder: This study was supported by grant R00RG2369 from the University of California, Office of the President/Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program Emergency COVID-19 Research Seed Funding to Dr Ongkeko. Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funder had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.

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