Title: Who gets hospitalized for COVID-19? Reports show differences by race and sex
Date: April 09, 2020
Link: https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/09/hospitalized-covid-19-patients-differences-by-race-and-sex/
Brief Description: The first federal report on who needs to be hospitalized care from coronavirus in the United States has shown more men than women and a disproportionate amount of African-Americans are most in need.
Future Implications: There will be a national breakdown of cases by race and ethnicity so that medical care can be matched to the greatest need.
Overall Impact: This trend confirms the baseline scenario where due to the higher prevalence of underlying conditions within the African-American community such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, etc., COVID-19 becomes more dangerous for them. The increase in hospitalizations from the coronavirus amongst African-Americans lays racial health disparities bare.
Timeliness (0-5): 5
Scope (0-5): 4
Impact (0-5): 4
Likelihood (0-5): 4
Urgency (0-5): 5
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