Authors
Igor Tona Peres, Leonardo dos Santos Lourenço Bastos, João Gabriel Mayrinck Gelli, Janaina Figueira Marchesi, Leila Figueiredo Dantas, Bianca Brandão de Paula Antunes, Paula Medina Maçaira, Fernanda Araújo Baião, Silvio Hamacher, Fernando Augusto Bozza
Publication date
2021/1/15
Journal
Public Health
Publisher
WB Saunders
Description
Objectives
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has highlighted inequalities in access to healthcare systems, increasing racial disparities and worsening health outcomes in these populations. This study analysed the association between sociodemographic characteristics and COVID-19 in-hospital mortality in Brazil.
Study design
A retrospective analysis was conducted on quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction–confirmed hospitalised adult patients with COVID-19 with a defined outcome (i.e. hospital discharge or death) in Brazil. Data were retrieved from the national surveillance system database (SIVEP-Gripe) between February 16 and August 8, 2020.
Methods
Clinical characteristics, sociodemographic variables, use of hospital resources and outcomes of hospitalised adult patients with COVID-19, stratified by self-reported race, were investigated. The primary outcome was in …
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