Patient Characteristics and Subsequent Health Care Use by Location of SARS-CoV-2 Testing Initiation in a Safety-Net Health System

Rohan Khazanchi; Tyler N A Winkelman; Deepti Pandita; Ryan Jelinek; Riley D Shearer; Peter J Bodurtha

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12857

Patient Characteristics and Subsequent Health Care Use by Location of SARS-CoV-2 Testing Initiation in a Safety-Net Health System

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2112857. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.12857.

Authors

Rohan Khazanchi^{1

2

3}, Tyler N A Winkelman^{1

4}, Deepti Pandita^{4

5}, Ryan Jelinek^{5

6}, Riley D Shearer^{1

3

7}, Peter J Bodurtha¹

Affiliations

¹ Health, Homelessness, and Criminal Justice Lab, Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² College of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
³ School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁵ Division of Clinical Informatics, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁶ Division of Hospital Medicine, Hennepin Healthcare, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
⁷ University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines patterns in entry location for SARS-CoV-2 testing in a safety-net health system by patient demographic characteristics.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Ambulatory Care
COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 / ethnology
COVID-19 Testing*
Delivery of Health Care / methods*
Demography
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Healthcare Disparities
Hospitalization
Humans
Language
Male
Middle Aged
Minnesota
Pandemics*
Patient Acceptance of Health Care* / ethnology
SARS-CoV-2
Telemedicine
Young Adult

Grants and funding

UL1 TR002494/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States