Hospitalizations
A total of 87,934 COVID-19 hospitalizations were included for the analysis. The majority of them were Hispanics (56.5%), followed by Whites (27.3%), Asian, Pacific Islander, Native American (9.9%), and Blacks (6.3%). The age distribution of the sample showed that the majority were between the ages 45–85 years. Among Hispanic hospitalizations, significant majority (43.9%) were in the […]
The article was presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management 2021 Fall Conference (virtual), March 28, 2022; the AcademyHealth 2022 Annual Research Meeting in Washington, D.C., June 7, 2022; and the 11th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists in Austin, Texas, June 29, 2022. Sujoy Chakravarty has received funding […]
WASHINGTON, Dec 5 (Reuters) – The United States is experiencing the highest levels of hospitalizations from influenza that it has seen in a decade for this time of year, the head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Monday, adding that 14 children have died so far this flu season. […]
As the flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) have spread rapidly this fall — inundating and overwhelming hospitals and their staff across the country — Covid has not. In fact, Covid-related deaths and hospitalizations have fallen in recent months, despite the emergence of new omicron subvariants that evade immunity from previous infections and . . […]
WASHINGTON, Nov 4 (Reuters) – An early fall spike in influenza cases has pushed U.S. hospitalization rates for the illness to the highest in a decade for this time of year, U.S. health officials said on Friday, noting that vaccination rates are down. The rising flu cases come alongside pressure on hospitals from respiratory syncytial […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? Persons with disabilities are at high risk for severe outcomes from COVID-19, including death. What is added by this report? COVID-19–associated hospitalization rates among disability-eligible Medicare beneficiaries (3,148 per 100,000) were approximately 50% higher than rates among age-eligible (i.e., ≥65 years) beneficiaries (2,129 per 100,000), and hospitalization […]
Summary What is already known about this topic? American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons across the United States face substantial health disparities, including a disproportionate incidence of COVID-19 illness. What is added by this report? AI/AN persons living in Alaska are at increased risk for COVID-19 illness, COVID-19–associated hospitalization, and COVID-19–related death compared with […]
Babies and children younger than age 5 were hospitalized with coronavirus at much higher rates during the latest U.S. surge, when the highly transmissible Omicron variant was dominant, compared with earlier periods in the pandemic, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hospitalizations of these children were about five times higher during the […]
On some days Marilyn Datillo, a vaccine nurse, used to see 900 people enter Mercy Covid Vaccine Clinic in Kirkwood, a St Louis suburb. Now, she said sometimes less than 20 people visit the clinic in one day – even though only 55% of Missouri residents are fully vaccinated and just 22% are boosted. When […]
During that time frame, Michigan’s covid hospitalizations rose by nearly 1,900, CDC data shows, marking the highest figure for a single state. Hospitalizations also went up by more than 1,400 patients each in Ohio and Pennsylvania and by more than 900 in Indiana. The four states, which have some of the highest per capita current […]