Race, Ethnicity, and Delayed Time to COVID-19 Testing Among US Health Care Workers

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this cross-sectional study of HCP, compared with non-Hispanic White HCP and clinical HCP with graduate degrees, non-Hispanic Black HCP, non-Hispanic HCP of other races, and HCP all other professional and education backgrounds were more likely to have delayed COVID-19 testing. These findings suggest that time to testing may serve as a valuable metric in evaluating sociodemographic disparities in the response to COVID-19 and future health mitigation strategies.PMID:38598239 | DOI:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.5697

Source: Cancer Control - April 10, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: DaMarcus E Baymon J Priyanka Vakkalanka Anusha Krishnadasan Nicholas M Mohr David A Talan Melissa Briggs Hagen Kelli Wallace Karisa K Harland Imoigele P Aisiku Peter C Hou Preventing Emerging Infections Through Vaccine Effectiveness Testing (PREVENT) proj Source Type: research