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- Title
Inequities in COVID-19-Related Patient Outcomes by Socio-Demographic Characteristics: A Scoping Review.
- Authors
Kaufman, Michelle R.
- Abstract
Socio-demographic inequities in health treatment and outcomes are not new. However, the COVID-19 pandemic presented new opportunities to examine and address biases. This article describes a scoping review of 170 papers published prior to the onset of global vaccinations and treatment (December 2021). We report differentiated COVID-19-related patient outcomes for people with various socio-demographic characteristics, including the need for intubation and ventilation, intensive care unit admission, discharge to hospice care, and mortality. Using the PROGRESS-Plus framework, we determined that the most researched socio-demographic factor was race/ethnicity/culture/language. Members of minoritized racial and ethnic groups tended to have worse COVID-19-related patient outcomes; more research is needed about other categories of social disadvantage, given the scarcity of literature on these factors at the time of the review. It is only by researching and addressing the causes of social disadvantage that we can avoid such injustice in future public health crises.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MEDICAL information storage &; retrieval systems; MIDDLE-income countries; PATIENTS; SOCIAL determinants of health; HOSPITAL admission &; discharge; CULTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC status; DISCHARGE planning; EVALUATION of medical care; HOSPITAL mortality; POPULATION geography; TRACHEA intubation; TRANSITIONAL care; SYSTEMATIC reviews; MEDLINE; RACE; ARTIFICIAL respiration; INTENSIVE care units; LITERATURE reviews; SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors; HEALTH equity; ONLINE information services; MINORITIES; COVID-19 pandemic; HOSPICE care; COVID-19; SOCIAL classes; LOW-income countries
- Publication
Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 2024, Vol 35, Issue 2, p391
- ISSN
1049-2089
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hpu.2024.a928624