Hospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19

Abstract

In a large cohort in Louisiana, 76.9% of the patients who were hospitalized with Covid-19 and 70.6% of those who died were black, whereas blacks comprise only 31% of the Ochsner Health population. Black race was not associated with higher in-hospital mortality than white race, after adjustment for differences in sociodemographic and clinical characteristics on admission.

Keywords

MedicineComorbidityMedicaidPopulationRetrospective cohort studyBody mass indexDiabetes mellitusOdds ratioEthnic groupObesityInternal medicineDemographyHealth careEnvironmental health

MeSH Terms

AdultBlack or African AmericanAgedBetacoronavirusCOVID-19ComorbidityCoronavirus InfectionsFemaleHospital MortalityHospitalizationHumansLouisianaMaleMiddle AgedPandemicsPneumoniaViralRetrospective StudiesSARS-CoV-2Socioeconomic FactorsWhite People

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Ochsner Health System US

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Year: 2020
Type: article
Volume: 382
Issue: 26
Pages: 2534-2543
Citations: 1758
Access: Closed

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                                    Eboni G. Price‐Haywood, 
                                
                                    Jeffrey H. Burton, 
                                
                                    Daniel Fort
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2020). 
                            Hospitalization and Mortality among Black Patients and White Patients with Covid-19. 
                            New England Journal of Medicine
                            , 382
                            (26)
                            , 2534-2543.
                            https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmsa2011686
                        

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DOI: 10.1056/nejmsa2011686
PMID: 32459916
PMCID: PMC7269015

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