Pediatric COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends by Race and Ethnicity, 2020-2023.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Examining racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations is critical to inform public health efforts to reduce those disparities.

Objective

To characterize trends in pediatric COVID-19 hospitalizations by race and ethnicity from March 2020 to September 2023, focusing on recent epidemiologic findings (October 2022 to September 2023).

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used data from the COVID-19 Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) including 13 555 hospitalizations among patients aged 17 years or younger with a laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection who are residents of the COVID-NET catchment area in 12 states, covering approximately 10% of the US population.

Exposure

Laboratory-confirmed

SUBMITTER: Anglin O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12842959 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature