Assessment of Disparities in COVID-19 Testing and Infection Across Language Groups in Seattle, Washington

H Nina Kim; Kristine F Lan; Esi Nkyekyer; Santiago Neme; Martine Pierre-Louis; Lisa Chew; Herbert C Duber

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.21213

Assessment of Disparities in COVID-19 Testing and Infection Across Language Groups in Seattle, Washington

JAMA Netw Open. 2020 Sep 1;3(9):e2021213. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.21213.

Authors

H Nina Kim^{1

2

3}, Kristine F Lan^{1

2}, Esi Nkyekyer^{1

3}, Santiago Neme^{1

2}, Martine Pierre-Louis³, Lisa Chew^{1

3}, Herbert C Duber^{3

4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
² Division of Allergy and Infectious Disease, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle.
³ Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
⁵ Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the proportion of patients tested for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the proportion of positive cases, using language as a surrogate for immigrant status.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Aged
Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Emigrants and Immigrants*
Female
Health Services Accessibility*
Health Status Disparities*
Healthcare Disparities* / ethnology
Humans
Language*
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
Prevalence
SARS-CoV-2
Washington / epidemiology