Association between county-level risk groups and COVID-19 outcomes in the United States: a socioecological study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geographic heterogeneity in COVID-19 outcomes in the United States is well-documented and has been linked with factors at the county level, including sociodemographic and health factors. Whether an integrated measure of place-based risk can classify counties at high risk for COVID-19 outcomes is not known.

Methods

We conducted an ecological nationwide analysis of 2,701 US counties from 1/21/20 to 2/17/21. County-level characteristics across multiple domains, including demographic, socioeconomic, healthcare access, physical environment, and health factor prevalence were harmonized and linked from a variety of sources. We performed latent class analysis to identify distinct groups of counties based on multiple sociodemographic, health, and environmental domains and

SUBMITTER: Khan SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8756413 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature