Covid-19 by Race and Ethnicity: A National Cohort Study of 6 Million United States Veterans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is growing concern that racial and ethnic minority communities around the world are experiencing a disproportionate burden of morbidity and mortality from symptomatic SARS-Cov-2 infection or coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Most studies investigating racial and ethnic disparities to date have focused on hospitalized patients or have not characterized who received testing or those who tested positive for Covid-19.

Objective

To compare patterns of testing and test results for coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) and subsequent mortality by race and ethnicity in the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Participants

5,834,543 indivi

SUBMITTER: Rentsch CT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7273292 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature