Hospital strain during the COVID-19 pandemic and outcomes in older racial and ethnic minority adults

JAMA Network Open

2024-10-15

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this cross-sectional study, older adults hospitalized with sepsis were more likely to die or experience major morbidity as the hospital COVID-19 burden increased. These increases in adverse outcomes were greater in magnitude among members of minority populations than for white individuals.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Laurent G. Glance, MD, email laurent_glance@urmc.rochester.edu.

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