Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Review
. 2022 Jan;7(1):191-199.
doi: 10.1016/j.cpha.2021.08.009. Epub 2021 Aug 13.

COVID-19: Salt in the Wound of Health Care Inequality and the Cause of a New Health Care Disparity

Sarah Pieper  1
Affiliations
Review

COVID-19: Salt in the Wound of Health Care Inequality and the Cause of a New Health Care Disparity

Sarah Pieper. Physician Assist Clin. 2022 Jan.

Abstract

The year 2020 will forever be associated with a new chapter in the history of global health, COVID-19. However, this new chapter would have a similar message because many other chapters were written before it. The COVID-19 pandemic would disproportionately affect minorities, those of low socioeconomic class, and those with limited access to health care. However, COVID-19 would also bring about a new health care disparity, limiting access to medical care for those with non COVID-19 related medical needs.

Keywords: COVID-19; Health care disparity; Health inequality; Non–COVID-19 health conditions; Nosocomial COVID-19 infections.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Age-adjusted COVID-19-associated hospitalization rates by race and ethnicity-COVID-NET, March 1–November 14, 2020.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. CDC . 2020. Covid-19 cases, hospitalization, and death by race/ethnicity.https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/covid-data/hospitali... Available at: Accessed November 1, 2020.
    1. Renelus B.D., Khoury N.C., Chandrasekaran K., et al. Racial disparities in COVID-19 hospitalization and in-hospital mortality at the height of the New York City pandemic. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00928-y. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. US Department of Labor . Employment and Training Administration; 2020. Covid-19 dislocated worker grant.https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/dislocated-workers/grants/covid-19 Available at: Accessed November 1, 2020.
    1. Johnson-Agbakwu C., Ali N.S., Oxford C., et al. Racism, COVID-19, and health inequity in the USA; a call to action. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2020 doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00928-y. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. Brown I.M., Khan A., Slocum J., et al. COVID-19 disparities and the black community: a health equity-informed rapid response is needed. Am J Public Health. 2020;110(9):1350–1351. - PMC - PubMed