Racial and Ethnic Differences in Hospital Admissions of Emergency Department COVID-19 Patients

Conclusions: White patients were more likely than Black patients to be hospitalized after presenting to the ED with COVID-19 and more likely to be admitted directly to the ICU. This finding may be due to racial/ethnic differences in severity of disease upon ED presentation, racial and ethnic differences in access to COVID-19 primary care and/or implicit bias impacting clinical decision-making.
Source: Medical Care - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research