Identifying gaps in COVID-19 health equity data reporting in Canada using a scorecard approach.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess health equity-oriented COVID-19 reporting across Canadian provinces and territories, using a scorecard approach.

Methods

A scan was performed of provincial and territorial reporting of five data elements (cumulative totals of tests, cases, hospitalizations, deaths, and population size) across three units of aggregation (province or territory level, health regions, and local areas) (15 "overall" indicators), and for four vulnerable settings (long-term care and detention facilities, schools, and homeless shelters) and eight social markers (age, sex, immigration status, race/ethnicity, healthcare worker status, occupational sector, income, and education) (180 "equity-related" indicators) as of December 31, 2020. Per indicator, one point was awarded if case-d

SUBMITTER: Blair A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7978170 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature