Samuel Raine|Amy Liu|Joel A. Mintz|Waseem Wahood|Kyle Huntley|Farzanna Haffizulla
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Outcomes: Social Determination of Health
Nova Southeastern University|Nova Southeastern University|Nova Southeastern University|Nova Southeastern University|Nova Southeastern University|Nova Southeastern University
18 october 2020 395 million cases coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 11 million associated deaths reported worldwide crucial understand effect social determination health novel covid19 outcomes order establish health justice imperative need policy makers levels consider socioeconomic racial ethnic disparities pandemic planning crosssectional analysis covid boston universitys center antiracist research covid racial data tracker performed evaluate racial ethnic distribution covid19 outcomes relative representation united states representation quotients rqs calculated assess disparity using statelevel data american community survey acs found national level hispaniclatinx american indianalaskan native native hawaiianpacific islanders black people rqs 1 indicating groups overrepresented covid19 incidence dramatic racial ethnic variances statelevel incidence mortality rqs also observed study investigates pandemic disparities examines factors inform social determination health findings key developing effective public policy allocating resources effectively decrease health disparities protective standards stayathome orders essential worker guidelines must tailored address social determination health order mitigate health injustices identified covid19 incidence mortality rqs