Health care disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic

2021

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Rodriguez, 2021, Racial and ethnic differences in presentation and outcomes for patients hospitalized with COVID-19: findings from the American Heart Association's COVID-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry, Circulation, 143, 2332, 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052278

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Cheng, 2020, COVID-19 death rates are higher in rural counties with larger shares of Blacks and Hispanics, J Rural Health, 36, 602, 10.1111/jrh.12511

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Gonzales, 2020, Mental health needs among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, J Adolesc Health, 67, 645, 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.08.006

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