Percentage of Black Population and Primary Care Shortage Areas Associated with Higher COVID-19 Case and Death Rates in Georgia Counties
- 1 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Southern Medical Association in Southern Medical Journal
- Vol. 114 (2), 57-62
- https://doi.org/10.14423/smj.0000000000001212
Abstract
Objectives: We hypothesized that the proportion of Black individuals in a county would be associated with higher rates of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases and deaths, even after accounting for other high-risk socioecologic factors such as poverty, population density, and household crowding, and uninsured rates. We also expected that counties designated as primary care health professional...Keywords
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