Racial, socioeconomic, and neighborhood characteristics in relation to COVID-19 severity of illness for adolescents and young adults.

ABSTRACT: This study tests the hypotheses that insurance status, race and ethnicity, and neighborhood characteristics are associated with hospital admission and severe health outcomes (Intensive Care Unit [ICU] admission and oxygen assistance) for youth and young adults who present to the emergency department (ED) with COVID-19 in a single, academic health system in Illinois, Rush University System for Health (RUSH). Demographic and clinical data from the electronic health record were collected for all 13- to 24-y-old patients seen at RUSH who tested positive for COVID-19 between March 2020 and 2021. Individual-level and neighborhood characteristics were analyzed to determine their association with hospital admission and severe health outcomes through generalized estimating equations. As of March 20

SUBMITTER: Dahleh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10682970 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature