Sutter Health finds black patients get coronavirus diagnoses at later stage than white peers [sacbee.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 5/27/2012:00 PM

By David Caraccio, The Sacramento Bee, May 25, 2020

The chief medical officer for Sutter Health is seeing a worrisome trend when it comes to COVID-19 diagnoses.

According to data reviewed by Dr. Stephen Lockhart, African Americans were almost three times more likely than their non-Hispanic white peers to learn they had the coronavirus-caused illness through an emergency room or hospital test.

The black patients also were far more likely to be admitted for care, leading Lockhart and research scientist Kristen Azar to postulate that they may be seen with more serious cases or at a more advanced stage than white patients.

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