Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes: Social Determination of Health.

ABSTRACT: As of 18 October 2020, over 39.5 million cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and 1.1 million associated deaths have been reported worldwide. It is crucial to understand the effect of social determination of health on novel COVID-19 outcomes in order to establish health justice. There is an imperative need, for policy makers at all levels, to consider socioeconomic and racial and ethnic disparities in pandemic planning. Cross-sectional analysis from COVID Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research COVID Racial Data Tracker was performed to evaluate the racial and ethnic distribution of COVID-19 outcomes relative to representation in the United States. Representation quotients (RQs) were calculated to assess for disparity using state-level data from the American Community Su

SUBMITTER: Raine S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7663309 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature