Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Observational Study
Association of Healthcare Access With Intensive Care Unit Utilization and Mortality in Patients of Hispanic Ethnicity Hospitalized With COVID-19.
Racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States experience a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 deaths. ⋯ The associations between ethnicity and clinical outcomes can be explained by elevated disease severity at admission and limited access to healthcare for Hispanic patients, especially non-English-speaking Hispanics.