1. Characteristics and outcomes of Hispanic/Latinx patients with coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) requiring hospitalization in Rhode Island: a retrospective cohort study
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Eleftherios Mylonakis, Francine Touzard-Romo, Fadi Shehadeh, Evangelia K. Mylona, Markos Kalligeros, Aakriti Pandita, Martha C Sanchez, and Raul Macias Gil
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Hospitalization, Hispanic ,OR, Odds Ratio ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Multivariate analysis ,Epidemiology ,SES, Socioeconomic status ,Latinx ,NHW, Non-Hispanic White ,Brief Communication ,Logistic regression ,01 natural sciences ,WHO, World Health Organization ,law.invention ,Cohort Studies ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,law ,ICU, Intensive Care Unit ,medicine ,Humans ,CDC, Centers for Disease Control ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Social determinants of health ,0101 mathematics ,HMO, Health Maintenance Organization ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,NHAA, Non-Hispanic African American ,Health disparity ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,010102 general mathematics ,COVID-19 ,Rhode Island ,Retrospective cohort study ,PPO, Preferred Provider Organization ,Intensive care unit ,CI, Confidence Interval ,Health equity ,Hospitalization ,COVID-19, Coronavirus Disease 2019 ,Emergency medicine ,business ,Medicaid ,Cohort study - Abstract
Objective : Explore potential racial/ethnic differences, describe general clinical characteristic, and severe outcomes [intensive care unit (ICU) admission, mechanical ventilation (intubation), and death] between Hispanic/Latinx (hereafter: Hispanics or Latinx community) and non-Hispanic patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Methods : Retrospective cohort of 326 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 through April 19, 2020. Sociodemographic and hospital course data were collected and analyzed. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was implemented to examine associations. Results : Compared with non-Hispanic Whites (NHW), Hispanics were younger (53 years, median age) and had higher rates of Medicaid and less commercial/HMO/PPO coverage (p
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- 2021
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