2021
Persistence of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status disparities among non‐institutionalized patients hospitalized with COVID‐19 in Connecticut, July to December 2020
Chiumento G, Yousey‐Hindes K, Edmundson A, Hadler JL. Persistence of racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status disparities among non‐institutionalized patients hospitalized with COVID‐19 in Connecticut, July to December 2020. Influenza And Other Respiratory Viruses 2021, 16: 532-541. PMID: 34874099, PMCID: PMC8983889, DOI: 10.1111/irv.12945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCommunicable Disease ControlConnecticutCOVID-19Health Status DisparitiesHospitalizationHumansSocial ClassConceptsCOVID-19 hospitalizationGeocoded residential addressesLaboratory-confirmed COVID-19COVID-19Community-dwelling patientsSocioeconomic statusFirst-time hospitalizationAge-adjusted incidenceNon-institutionalized personsNon-institutionalized patientsFirst COVID-19 waveNon-Hispanic blacksFuture pandemic planningSocioeconomic status disparitiesCensus tract-level povertyLow socioeconomic statusNon-Hispanic whitesTract-level povertyHospitalization 2Initial lockdownCOVID-19 waveHospitalized casesCongregate settingsPandemic planningNursing homesRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021
Acosta AM, Garg S, Pham H, Whitaker M, Anglin O, O’Halloran A, Milucky J, Patel K, Taylor C, Wortham J, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan P, Reeg L, Kohrman A, Lynfield R, Bye E, Torres S, Salazar-Sanchez Y, Muse A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, Billing L, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Abdullah N, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, Ortega J, Price A, Fry AM, Hall A, Kim L, Havers FP. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2130479. PMID: 34673962, PMCID: PMC8531997, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionSevere COVID-19Age-adjusted ratesICU admissionHospital deathUnit admissionWhite personsPacific Islander personsLaboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizationsAlaska NativesCOVID-19Positive SARS-CoV-2 testCOVID-19 Associated HospitalizationsEthnic disparitiesCOVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkSARS-CoV-2 testNon-Hispanic white personsIn-Hospital DeathRate ratioCross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic American IndianEthnic minority groupsNon-Hispanic blacksCensus tract socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates—COVID-NET surveillance areas in 14 states, March 1–April 30, 2020
Wortham JM, Meador SA, Hadler JL, Yousey-Hindes K, See I, Whitaker M, O’Halloran A, Milucky J, Chai SJ, Reingold A, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan PA, Kim S, Reeg L, Lynfield R, McMahon M, Sosin DM, Eisenberg N, Rowe A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, Billing LM, Shiltz J, Sutton M, West N, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, McCaffrey K, Spencer M, Kambhampati AK, Anglin O, Piasecki AM, Holstein R, Hall AJ, Fry AM, Garg S, Kim L. Census tract socioeconomic indicators and COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates—COVID-NET surveillance areas in 14 states, March 1–April 30, 2020. PLOS ONE 2021, 16: e0257622. PMID: 34559838, PMCID: PMC8462704, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0257622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedCOVID-19EthnicityFemaleHealth Status DisparitiesHospitalizationHumansMaleMiddle AgedMinority GroupsSARS-CoV-2United StatesConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationHigh-poverty census tractsHospitalization ratesFederal poverty levelNon-Hispanic black personsNon-Hispanic white personsHispanic personsAge-adjusted hospitalization ratesPopulation-based surveillanceLow-poverty census tractsCensus tractsPublic health practice
2011
Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Influenza Hospitalizations Among Children: New Haven County, Connecticut, 2003–2010
Yousey-Hindes KM, Hadler JL. Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Influenza Hospitalizations Among Children: New Haven County, Connecticut, 2003–2010. American Journal Of Public Health 2011, 101: 1785-1789. PMID: 21778498, PMCID: PMC3154248, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2011.300224.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInfluenza-associated hospitalizationsPublic Health Disparities Geocoding ProjectNew Haven CountySurveillance dataMean annual incidenceIndividual case characteristicsAge 17 yearsNeighborhood socioeconomic statusInfluenza hospitalizationsInfluenza vaccinationInfluenza seasonAnnual incidenceHospitalization incidenceHospitalizationSocioeconomic status measuresStatus measuresSocioeconomic statusSES dataIncidenceSES measuresOngoing monitoringSES variablesChildrenTractCensus tracts