Tag: Economic Status
Homelessness Tied to Higher Readmission Rates
Readmission rates higher across most common reasons for hospitalizations, but rates vary across states
Factors ID’d in Withdrawal of Life Support in Severe TBI Patients
Decision to withdraw life-supporting treatment influenced by race, region, insurance status
SARS-CoV-2 Rates Up for Minority, Disadvantaged Children
Increased rates of infection for non-Hispanic black, Hispanic children, those in lower quartiles of MFI
Standardized Treatment Improves Outcomes in Germ Cell Tumors
Outcomes similar for patients treated at public safety net hospital, academic tertiary care center
ICU Beds Lacking in Low-Income Neighborhoods Across the U.S.
Authors say policies facilitating hospital coordination urgently needed to mitigate the effects of COVID-19
Sex Differences in Income Vary With Proportion of Male Doctors
Sex difference in annual income lower in practices with 50 percent or less male physicians
Homeless More Likely to Need Ventilators for Respiratory Illness
Authors say these findings for influenza may have implications for infection control during the pandemic
Social Vulnerability Linked to COVID-19 Diagnosis, Death
Risks increased 4.94- and 4.74-fold when considering only minority status and language domain of SVI
Sex, Ethnic Differential Patterns of COVID-19 Unexplained
Increase in COVID-19 for men, BAME not due to cardiometabolic, sociodemographic, behavioral factors
Antibiotic Prescribing High in Low-, Middle-Income Countries
Proportion of patients with inappropriate prescriptions ranged from 8 to 100 percent
