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Changes in the Associations of Race and Rurality with SARS-CoV-2 Infection, Mortality, and Case Fatality in the United States from February 2020 to March 2021: A Population-based Cohort Study

Description
Examines the associations of ethnicity, urban or rural residence, and clinical risk factors on COVID-19 infection and mortality among U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health system enrollees between February 2020 and March 2021. Describes how these associations changed during this period.
Author(s)
George N. Ioannou, Jacqueline M. Ferguson, Ann M. O'Hare, et al.
Citation
PLoS Medicine, 18(10)
Date
10/2021
Type
Document
Tagged as
COVID-19 · Mortality · Racial and ethnic groups · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Veterans