Racial Inequalities in the Health Establishment Access to the Treatment of COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020.

ABSTRACT: The Brazilian health system simultaneously allows for the existence of the public and private sectors, which often imposes financial barriers to access to services and affects the health of exposed groups. Studies have shown evidence of higher lethality risks among Black/Biracial and Indigenous People admitted to hospitals due to COVID-19 during the pandemic when compared to White People. This paper evaluated the association between access to treatment for COVID-19, race, and COVID-19-related deaths among the five macro-regions of Brazil in 2020. We conducted a retrospective, cross-sectional observational, and population-wide study. Logistical models were used including first-order interactions between race and the health establishment administration sector using deaths as outcome, adjuste

SUBMITTER: Santos Silva L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11753332 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature