Evaluating disparities in code status designation among patients admitted with COVID-19 at a quaternary care center early in the pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted disparities in outcomes by social determinants to health. It is unclear how much end-of-life discussions and a patient's decision about code status ("do not resuscitate," do not resuscitate, or "comfort measures only," [CMO] orders) might contribute to in hospital disparities in care, especially given know racial inequities in end-of-life care. Here, we looked at factors associated with code status orders at the end of hospitalization for patients with COVID-19. We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients who presented to the Emergency Department of a large quaternary hospital between 8 March and 3 June 2020. We used logistic regression modeling to quantify the degree to which social determinants of health, including race, ethnicity, area

SUBMITTER: Olds PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10376097 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature