Association between distance to community health care facilities and COVID-19–related mortality across U.S. counties in the COVID-19–vaccine era

OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 has caused tremendous damage to U.S. public health, but COVID vaccines can effectively reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections and related mortality. Our study aimed to quantify the association between proximity to a community healthcare facility and COVID-19 related mortality aft...

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Autores principales: Huang, Wenxi, Hernandez, Inmaculada, Tang, Shangbin, Dickson, Sean, Berenbrok, Lucas A., Guo, Jingchuan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Research Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10241387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37277859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-023-06366-3
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 has caused tremendous damage to U.S. public health, but COVID vaccines can effectively reduce the risk of COVID-19 infections and related mortality. Our study aimed to quantify the association between proximity to a community healthcare facility and COVID-19 related mortality after COVID vaccines became publicly available and explore how this association varied across racial and ethnic groups. RESULTS: Residents living farther from a facility had higher COVID-19–related mortality across U.S. counties. This increased mortality incidence associated with longer distances was particularly pronounced in counties with higher proportions of Black and Hispanic populations.

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