Patients with non-White ethnicity and from poorer social classes are sicker at initial presentation to hospital with COVID-19 infection
These data suggest that individuals from both non-White ethnic groups and poorer SES are sicker at the time of presentation to hospital with COVID-19 infection. Public health strategies are required to understand these observations and counter them with appropriate interventions. These may vary from proximal factors such as enhanced access to healthcare to more distal ones including building trust in modern medical treatments. These data are from one centre and hence should be interpretated cautiously particular with generalisability to other healthcare settings.
Authors
- Andrew Fogarty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9426-977X)
- Irene Juurlink
- Dominick Shaw (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4106-8469)
- Joe West (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1135-9356)
- Mark Simmonds
- Tasso Gazis
- Joanne R Morling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0772-2893)
- Colin John Crooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6794-6621)
- Simon Cruickshank
- Steve Briggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2406-387X)
- Tim Card (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2555-2250)
- Susan Hammond-Pears (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2229-3698)
Institutions
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Nottingham (GB)
- Glenfield Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Public Health
- Published
- 2025-07-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2025.105851
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
- University of Nottingham