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COVID-19 Hospitalization Trends in Rural Versus Urban Areas in the United States.
Zhu, Yi; Carroll, Caitlin; Vu, Khoa; Sen, Soumya; Georgiou, Archelle; Karaca-Mandic, Pinar.
  • Zhu Y; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
  • Carroll C; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
  • Vu K; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
  • Sen S; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
  • Georgiou A; Starkey Hearing Technologies, Eden Prairie, MN, USA.
  • Karaca-Mandic P; University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA.
Med Care Res Rev ; : 10775587221111105, 2022 Jul 17.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2289057
ABSTRACT
Since the summer of 2020, the rate of coronavirus cases in the United States has been higher in rural areas than in urban areas, raising concerns that patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) will overwhelm under-resourced rural hospitals. Using data from the University of Minnesota COVID-19 Hospitalization Tracking Project and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, we document disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization rates between rural and urban areas. We show that rural-urban differences in COVID-19 admission rates were minimal in the summer of 2020 but began to diverge in fall 2020. Rural areas had statistically higher hospitalization rates from September 2020 through early 2021, after which rural-urban admission rates re-converged. The insights in this article are relevant to policymakers as they consider the adequacy of hospital resources across rural and urban areas during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Med Care Res Rev Journal subject: Health Services Research Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 10775587221111105

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Language: English Journal: Med Care Res Rev Journal subject: Health Services Research Year: 2022 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: 10775587221111105