Younger and rural children are more likely to be hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections
Children diagnosed during the pre-Delta or Delta waves were more likely to be hospitalized than those diagnosed during the Omicron wave. Younger and rural patients were more likely to be hospitalized regardless of the wave. We suspect lower vaccination rates and larger distances from medical care influenced higher hospitalization rates.
Authors
- Grace Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7624-8633)
- Dana Frederick
- Eric R. Siegel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9824-6612)
- Jessica Snowden (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-151X)
- Uday Kumar Chalwadi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9125-6911)
- Suzanne E. House
- Ashton Ingold
- Susanna Hartzell
- Joshua L. Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1919-9051)
- Sara C. Sanders (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7841-5164)
- Rebecca M. Cantu
Institutions
- Arkansas Children's Hospital (US)
- University of Arkansas Medical Center (US)
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0308221
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.17
Funders
- Translational Research Institute Australia
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences