School of Medicine Publications and Presentations
COVID-19 and the Widening Gap in Health Inequity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-2020
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has brought to light significant health inequities that have existed in our society for decades. Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans, and immigrants are the populations most likely to experience disparities related to burden of disease, health care, and health outcomes. Increasingly, national and state statistics on COVID-19 report disproportionately higher mortality rates in blacks. There has never been a more pressing time for us to enact progressive and far-reaching changes in social, economic, and political policies that will shape programs aimed at improving the health of all people living in the United States.
Recommended Citation
Krouse, H. J. (2020). COVID-19 and the Widening Gap in Health Inequity. Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery: Official Journal of American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 163(1), 65–66. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599820926463
Publication Title
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
DOI
10.1177/0194599820926463
Academic Level
faculty
Mentor/PI Department
Internal Medicine