Imaging Utilization and Outcomes in Vulnerable Populations during COVID-19 in New York City

2020 by the Radiological Society of North America, Inc..

BACKGROUND: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) affects vulnerable populations (VP) adversely.

PURPOSE: To evaluate overall imaging utilization in vulnerable subgroups (elderly, racial/ethnic minorities, socioeconomic status [SES] disadvantage) and determine if a particular subgroup has worse outcomes from COVID-19.

MATERIALS/METHODS: Of 4110 patients who underwent COVID-19 testing from March 3-April 4, 2020 at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) health system, we included 1121 COVID-19 positive adults (mean age 59±18 years, 59% male) from two academic hospitals and evaluated imaging utilization rates and outcomes, including mortality.

RESULTS: Of 897 (80%) VP, there were 465 (41%) elderly, 380 (34%) racial/ethnic minorities, and 479 (43%) SES disadvantage patients. Imaging was performed in 88% of patients and mostly portable/bedside studies, with 87% of patients receiving chest radiographs. There were 83% hospital admissions, 25% ICU admissions, 23% intubations, and 13% deaths. Elderly patients had greater imaging utilization, hospitalizations, ICU/intubation requirement, longer hospital stays, and >4-fold increase in mortality compared to non-elderlies (adjusted hazard ratio[aHR] 4.79, p<0.001). Self-reported minorities had fewer ICU admissions (p=0.03) and reduced hazard for mortality (aHR 0.53, p=0.004; complete case analysis: aHR 0.39, p<0.001 excluding "not reported"; sensitivity analysis: aHR 0.61, p=0.005 "not reported" classified as minorities) with similar imaging utilization, compared to non-minorities. SES disadvantage patients had similar imaging utilization and outcomes as compared to their counterparts.

CONCLUSIONS: In a predominantly hospitalized New York City cohort, elderly patients are at highest mortality risk. Racial/ethnic minorities and SES disadvantage patients fare better or similarly to their counterparts, highlighting the critical role of access to inpatient medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:2

Enthalten in:

Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging - 2(2020), 6 vom: 24. Dez., Seite e200464

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Toy, Dennis [VerfasserIn]
Mahmood, Syed S [VerfasserIn]
Rotman, Jessica [VerfasserIn]
Weisman, Stacey Verzosa [VerfasserIn]
Escalon, Joanna G [VerfasserIn]
Legasto, Alan C [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Edward P [VerfasserIn]
McKenney, Anna Sophia [VerfasserIn]
Barbar, Tarek [VerfasserIn]
Balkan, Lauren [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Yunchan [VerfasserIn]
Razavi, Peyman [VerfasserIn]
Zainul, Omar [VerfasserIn]
Abedian, Sajjad [VerfasserIn]
Gruden, James F [VerfasserIn]
Truong, Quynh A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Diagnostic Imaging
Healthcare Disparities
Journal Article
Mortality
Radiology
SARS Virus
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2

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Date Revised 21.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1148/ryct.2020200464

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM323344933