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. 2020 Sep;35(9):2784-2787.
doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-05882-3. Epub 2020 Jun 23.

County-Level Association of Social Vulnerability with COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the USA

Rohan Khazanchi  1 , Evan R Beiter  2 , Suhas Gondi  2 , Adam L Beckman  2 , Alyssa Bilinski  3 , Ishani Ganguli  4   5
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County-Level Association of Social Vulnerability with COVID-19 Cases and Deaths in the USA

Rohan Khazanchi et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2020 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Dr. Ganguli reports consulting fees from Haven and Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts for work unrelated to this research. All authors submitted ICMJE Conflict of Interest forms, and no other authors report relevant conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1
The most vulnerable quartile of counties (n = 706, top) and the least vulnerable quartile of counties (n = 625, bottom), as indicated by the minority status and language domain of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control’s Social Vulnerability Index.5Counties without linked FIPS code or reported COVID-19 cases were excluded. Darker shades represent counties with more cases per capita.
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Comment in

  • Letter to the Editor in Response to Khazanchi et al.
    Nayak A, Islam SJ, Mehta A, Quyyumi AA. Nayak A, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Apr;36(4):1113-1114. doi: 10.1007/s11606-021-06594-y. Epub 2021 Jan 19. J Gen Intern Med. 2021. PMID: 33469749 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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