SMJ articles in the category "race/ethnicity"

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Neighborhood Ecologies, Cases, and Deaths during the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Lessons for Current and Future Epidemics?

Objectives: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has disproportionately affected Black and Latinx communities. Ecologic analyses have shown that counties with a higher percentage of Latinx and Black people have worse COVID-19 outcome rates. Few ecologic analyses have been published at the neighborhood (census tract) level. We sought to determine…

Posted in: COVID-19 55 disparities 16 race/ethnicity 6 socioeconomic status 7

Original Article

CME Article: Pregnancy-Associated Diabetes Mellitus and Stillbirths by Race and Ethnicity among Hospitalized Pregnant Women in the United States

Objectives: Racial disparities in preexisting diabetes mellitus (PDM) and gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) remain largely unexplored. We examined national PDM and GDM prevalence trends by race/ethnicity and the association between these conditions and fetal death. Methods: This was a retrospective cross-sectional analysis of 69,539,875 pregnancy-related hospitalizations from 2002 to 2017…

Posted in: gestational diabetes mellitus 3 race/ethnicity 6 stillbirth 4

Original Article

Disruption of Pediatric Emergency Department Use during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Objectives: There is evidence of substantial declines in pediatric emergency department (ED) utilization in the United States in the first several months of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Less is known about whether utilization changed differentially for socioeconomically disadvantaged children. This study examined how changes in pediatric ED visits…

Posted in: COVID-19 55 insurance 5 race/ethnicity 6

Original Article

Outcomes of Patients Hospitalized for Severe Acute Alcoholic Hepatitis

Objectives: Severe acute alcoholic hepatitis is a serious condition in individuals who consume significant quantities of alcohol. We aimed to identify risk factors for short-term mortality with this illness.Methods: Patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis admitted to our academic medical center from 2010 to 2012 were identified. Demographic features, laboratory…

Posted in: hospital readmission 4 race/ethnicity 6

Original Article

Geographic Variations of Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Mortality in Texas

Objectives: To examine how racial/ethnic disparities of cervical cancer mortality vary geographically and to identify factors contributing to the variation. Methods: Using the population-weighted risk difference, the authors investigated geographic patterns of racial/ethnic disparities in cervical cancer mortality in Texas based on data from 1995 to 2008 georeferenced at the…

Posted in: cervical cancer 7 disparity 5 healthcare access 4 race/ethnicity 6

Expired CME Article

Black/White Differential Use of Health Services by Young Children in a Rural Mississippi Community

Background and Objectives:Use of health services in rural communities has not been well studied. We explored how black and white children used health services in a rural Mississippi community. Methods:Data were prospectively collected for 396 children attending a private practice to determine if race was associated with the use of…

Posted in: race/ethnicity 6 rural health 11
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