Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Treatment of COVID-19 — United States, March 2020–August 2021

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• Personal Author:
  Wiltz, Jennifer L. ; Feehan, Amy K. ; Molinari, NoelleAngelique M. ; Ladva, Chandresh N. ; Truman, Benedict I. ; Hall, Jeffrey ; Block, Jason P. ; Rasmussen, Sonja A. ; Denson, Joshua L. ; Trick, William E. ; Weiner, Mark G. ; Koumans, Emily ; Gundlapalli, Adi ; Carton, Thomas W. ; Boehmer, Tegan K.
• Corporate Authors:
  CDC COVID-19 Response Team.
• Description:
  What is already known about this topic? Racial and ethnic disparities in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and death from COVID-19 have been well documented.
  
  What is added by this report? Analysis of data from 41 health care systems participating in the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network found lower use of monoclonal antibody treatment among Black, Asian, and Other race and Hispanic patients with positive SARS-CoV-2 test results, relative to White and non-Hispanic patients. Racial and ethnic differences were smaller for inpatient administration of remdesivir and dexamethasone.
  
  What are the implications for public health practice? Equitable receipt of COVID-19 treatments by race and ethnicity along with vaccines and other Prevention practices are essential to reduce inequities in severe COVID-19–associated illness and death.
  
  Suggested citation for this article: Wiltz JL, Feehan AK, Molinari NM, et al. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Receipt of Medications for Treatment of COVID-19 — United States, March 2020–August 2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. ePub: 14 January 2022.
  
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• Subjects:
  CoronaVirus Infections COVID-19 COVID-19/Drug Therapy Ethnic And Racial Minorities Pandemics SARS-CoV-2
• Source:
  MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 2022; v. 71 Early Release
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Name as Subject:
  Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 pdf pages
• Volume:
  71
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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