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