The Rural Mortality Penalty in U.S. Hospital Patients with COVID-19

View Resource

Examines whether rural-urban disparities in patient condition at hospital admission affect all-cause mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19 from March 2020 to February 2023, utilizing Epic Cosmos data of 1,119,199 patients. Provides data on rural versus urban differences in patient condition at admission, overall health, vaccination status, age, and other demographics. Discusses factors associated with reduced access to care in rural areas.

Jeffrey A. Thompson, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam, Lynn Chollet-Hinton

Population Health Metrics, 22, 20

08/2024

Document

Access · COVID-19 · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Vaccination