Racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospital cost of care
Total cost of care takes into account both the intensity of the treatment as well as the duration of the hospital stay. Thus, policy makers and health systems can use cost of care as a proxy for severity, especially when looking at the disparities among different race and ethnicity groups.
Authors
- Elizabeth B. Lynch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0575-711X)
- Joshua Longcoy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3781-3756)
- Zeynep Isgor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5176-9547)
- Sumihiro Suzuki (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6408-9580)
- Tricia J. Johnson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4768-0042)
Institutions
- Rush University Medical Center (US)
- Rush University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2024-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309159
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Emergency and Acute Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.38
Funders
- Rush University