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cord-349909-hmyv1nep	Misa, Nana-Yaa	Racial/ethnic disparities in COVID-19 disease burden & mortality among emergency department patients in a safety net health system	2020-09-24		.txt	text/plain	3925	207	51	BACKGROUND: We sought to examine racial and ethnic disparities in test positivity rate and mortality among emergency department (ED) patients tested for COVID-19 within an integrated public health system in Northern California. Results from ED-based testing can identify racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 testing, test positivity rates, and mortality associated with COVID-19 infection and can be used by health departments to inform policy. We pre-specified the regression model to contain COVID-19 positivity as the dependent variable, with the following predictor variables: race and ethnicity; age; medical co-morbidities (that may influence disease severity); documented epidemiologic concern (defined as healthcare worker or living with elderly family members); skilled nursing facility residence; whether or not a patient had a PCP (to control for access to medical care); and which AHS ED conducted the test to control for geographic and hospital site clustering.	./cache/cord-349909-hmyv1nep.txt	./txt/cord-349909-hmyv1nep.txt