Racial Inequality in Health Care During a Pandemic

Bruce, Raphael; Firpo, Sérgio; França, Michael; Meloni, Luis

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“…Jahrom city was a case of equality in COVID-19 health care toward the ethnic minorities. This was also investigated in Bruce et al, (12) study in Brazil. They showed that racial differences could contribute to inequalities.…”

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COVID-19 Health Care for Afghan Refugees as a Minor Ethnicity in Iran; Clinical Differences and Racial Equality in Health

Kalani¹,

Hatami²,

Haghbeen³

et al. 2021

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The aim of this research was to look at the clinical differences between Afghan refugees and the Iranian community, as well as the evaluation of healthcare inequalities against Afghan refugees. ‎This was a 1:2 matched case-control study carried out at two tertiary hospitals of Jahrom city, southern Iran, from January 2020 to December 2020. Cases were COVID-19 infected Afghans, and controls were Iranian patients. Demographic data, Self-reported symptoms, disease history, and initial symptom to referral length were extracted from medical records. CT scans being conducted and receiving ICU treatment were assessed for evaluation of racial inequality in health care. In this study, 132 Afghan refugees were compared to 266 Iranian controls. There were multiple self-reported symptoms being statistically differently manifested in Afghan refugees in comparison to Iranian COVID-19 patients. There was no difference in probability of being evaluated by HRCT or receiving ICU treatment (P=0.173, 1, respectively) even after being adjusted for symptoms or co-morbidities that were manifesting differently between Afghan vs. Iranian patients (P=0.476, 0.881, respectively). Ten (7.57%) subjects died in the case group and 18 (6.76) in the control group. There wasn’t any significant difference in the death rate between the groups (P=0.766). Our study revealed huge differences in symptoms of Afghan vs. Iranian COVID-19 patients, while these differences did not affect the probability of receiving proper health care. Jahrom city was a case of equality in COVID-19 health care toward the ethnic minorities.

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COVID-19 Health Care for Afghan Refugees as a Minor Ethnicity in Iran; Clinical Differences and Racial Equality in Health

Kalani¹,

Hatami²,

Haghbeen³

et al. 2021

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“…Many other studies have also identified differences in access to testing and quality of hospital care among black, mixed and white populations (Li et al, 2021). Most of these racial disparities, however, were caused by socioeconomic differences that affect the likelihood of gaining access to private ICU beds, rather than racial discrimination by hospitals per se (Bruce et al, 2020).…”

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Messias’ Influence? Intra-Municipal Relationship between Political Preferences and Deaths in a Pandemic

Figueira,

Moreno-Louzada

2023

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Previous studies have shown that the percentage of votes for Jair Messias Bolsonaro in the 2018 presidential elections, at the municipal and state levels, is related to the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of the number of deaths. We find the same effects at the intra- -municipal level in the city of São Paulo. Using geolocation, we associate voting data with number of deaths for the 96 districts in the city. We analyze excess mortality to mitigate underreporting issues and to account for exogenous determinants of mortality, as well as control for age structure and several indicators of socioeconomic vulnerability. The results are significant and indicate the existence of a relationship between votes for Bolsonaro and deaths during the pandemic — between one and five additional deaths per 100k people for each percentage point of votes. Several robustness checks support our findings.

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Influência de Messias? Relação Intramunicipal entre Preferências Políticas e Mortes em uma Pandemia (Messias’ Influence? Intra-Municipal Relationship between Political Preferences and Deaths in a Pandemic)

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Moreno-Louzada

2021

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Racial Inequality in Health Care During a Pandemic

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COVID-19 Health Care for Afghan Refugees as a Minor Ethnicity in Iran; Clinical Differences and Racial Equality in Health

COVID-19 Health Care for Afghan Refugees as a Minor Ethnicity in Iran; Clinical Differences and Racial Equality in Health

Messias’ Influence? Intra-Municipal Relationship between Political Preferences and Deaths in a Pandemic

Influência de Messias? Relação Intramunicipal entre Preferências Políticas e Mortes em uma Pandemia (Messias’ Influence? Intra-Municipal Relationship between Political Preferences and Deaths in a Pandemic)

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