Health Equity

Racism, Not Race, Drives Inequity Across the COVID-19 Continuum

Abstract: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have estimated that COVID-19 case and hospitalization rates are at least 2.5 and 4.5 times higher, respectively, among Black, Hispanic, and Native American populations than among White populations.

Publication: JAMA

Date Published: September 25, 2020

Author(s): Rohan Khazanchi, BA, Charlesnika T. Evans, PhD, MPH and Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD

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