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ArticleJournal of racial and ethnic health disparities2024

Racial and Regional Disparities Surrounding In-Hospital Mortality among Patients with 2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19): Evidence from NIS Sample in 2020.

Sun Jung Kim, Mar Medina, Jeong-Hui Park, Jongwha Chang

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Sun Jung KimDepartment of Health Administration and Management, College of Medical Science, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea.
Mar MedinaSchool of Pharmacy, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Jeong-Hui ParkDepartment of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, Texas A&M University, TX, College Station, USA.
Jongwha ChangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Irma Lerma Rangel School of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA. jc2345@tamu.edu.
Soonchunhyang University · KRTexas A&M Health Science Center · USTexas A&M University · USThe University of Texas at El Paso · US

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Abstract

objectiveThis study explores differences in COVID-19 in-hospital mortality rates by patient and geographic factors to identify at-risk populations and analyze how strained health disparities were exacerbated during the pandemic.

methodsThe latest 2020 United States National Inpatient Sample (NIS) data was used to obtain a population-based estimate for patients with COVID-19. We conducted a cross-sectional retrospective data analysis, and sampling weights were used for all statistical analyses to represent nationwide in-hospital mortality of patients with COVID-19. We used multivariate logistic regression models to identify predictors for how patients with COVID-19 are associated with in-hospital death.

resultsOf 200,531 patients, 88.9% did not have an in-hospital death (n=178,369), and 11.1% had in-hospital death (n=22,162). Patients older than 70 were 10 times more likely to have an in-hospital death than patients younger than 40 (p<0.001). Male patients were 37% more likely to have an in-hospital death than female patients (p<0.001). Hispanic patients were 25% more likely to have in-hospital deaths than White patients (p<0.001). In the sub-analysis, Hispanic patients in the 50-60, 60-70, and 70 age groups were 32%, 34%, and 24%, respectively, more likely to have in-hospital death than White patients (p<0.001). Patients with hypertension and diabetes were 69% and 29%, respectively, more likely to have in-hospital death than patients without hypertension and diabetes.

conclusionHealth disparities in the COVID-19 pandemic occurred across races and regions and must be addressed to prevent future deaths. Age and comorbidities like diabetes have a well-established link to increased disease severity, and we have linked both to higher mortality risk. Low-income patients had a significantly increased risk of in-hospital death starting at over 40 years old.

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COVID-19Health Status DisparitiesHospital MortalityAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesUnited StatesWhiteCOVID-19Health disparitiesHospital mortalityNIS

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