Abstract
This study describes demographic characteristics and hospital bed capacities of the 5 New York City boroughs, and evaluates whether differences in testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), hospitalizations, and deaths have emerged as a signal of racial, ethnic, and financial disparities.
MeSH terms
- Adult
- Aged
- Betacoronavirus*
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
- Coronavirus Infections / mortality
- Female
- Hospital Bed Capacity / statistics & numerical data
- Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- New York City / epidemiology
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
- Pneumonia, Viral / mortality
- Population Density
- SARS-CoV-2
- Socioeconomic Factors