What The Study Did: Results of this study suggest race-specific disparities in SARS-CoV-2 testing and COVID-19 hospital outcomes seen in adults also exist among children, after accounting for several clinical and sociodemographic factors thought to play a role in the disease.
Authors: Defne Saatci, M.D., of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, is the corresponding author.
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(doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2021.1685)
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