Association of race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status with COVID‐19 30‐day mortality at a Philadelphia medical center using a retrospective cohort study

Abstract COVID‐19 has disproportionately affected low‐income communities and people of color. Previous studies demonstrated that race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES) are not independently correlated with COVID‐19 mortality. The purpose of our study is to determine the effect of race/ethnicity and SES on COVID‐19 30‐day mortality in a diverse, Philadelphian population. This is a retrospective cohort study in a single‐center tertiary care hospital in Philadelphia, PA. The study includes adult patients hospitalized with polymerase‐chain‐reaction‐confirmed COVID‐19 between March 1, 2020 and June 6, 2020. The primary outcome was a composite of COVID‐19 death or hospice discharge within 30 days of discharge. The secondary outcome was intensive care unit (ICU) admission. The study included 426 patients: 16.7% died, 3.3% were discharged to hospice, and 20.0% were admitted to the ICU. Using multivariable analysis, race/ethnicity was not associated with the primary nor secondary outcome. In Model 4, age greater than 75 (odds ratio [OR]: 11.01; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.96–61.97) and renal disease (OR: 2.78; 95% CI: 1.31–5.90) were associated with higher odds of the composite primary outcome. Living in a “very‐low‐income area” (OR: 0.29; 95% CI: 0.12–0.71) and body mass index (BMI) 30–35 (OR: 0.24; 95% CI: 0.08–0.69) were associated with lower odds of the primary outcome. When controlling for demographics, SES, and comorbidities, race/ethnicity was not independently associated with the composite primary outcome. Very‐low SES, as extrapolated from census‐tract‐level income data, was associated with lower odds of the composite primary outcome..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:94

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Journal of Medical Virology - 94(2022), 3, Seite 906-917

Beteiligte Personen:

Cheney‐Peters, Dianna R. [VerfasserIn]
Lee, Crystal Y. [VerfasserIn]
Mitsuhashi, Shuji [VerfasserIn]
Zaret, Dina S. [VerfasserIn]
Riley, Joshua M. [VerfasserIn]
Venkataraman, Chantel M. [VerfasserIn]
Schaefer, Joseph W. [VerfasserIn]
George, Brandon J. [VerfasserIn]
Li, Chris J. [VerfasserIn]
Smaltz, Christa M. [VerfasserIn]
Bradley, Conor G. [VerfasserIn]
Fitzpatrick, Danielle M. [VerfasserIn]
Ney, David B. [VerfasserIn]
Chalikonda, Divya M. [VerfasserIn]
Mairose, Joshua D. [VerfasserIn]
Chauhan, Kashyap [VerfasserIn]
Szot, Margaret V. [VerfasserIn]
Jones, Robert B. [VerfasserIn]
Bashir‐Hamidu, Rukaiya [VerfasserIn]
Kubey, Alan A. [VerfasserIn]

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44.43

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© 2022 Wiley Periodicals LLC

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12

doi:

10.1002/jmv.27365

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WLY009001883