The Great Unequalizer: Initial Health Effects of COVID-19 in the United States
研究了美国COVID-19疫情初期在死亡率和住院率上的不平等，发现老年、西班牙裔、黑人和原住民社区受影响更重，并讨论了测量健康不平等的挑战。
We measure inequities from the COVID-19 pandemic on mortality and hospitalizations in the United States during the early months of the outbreak. We discuss challenges in measuring health outcomes and health inequality, some of which are specific to COVID-19 and others that complicate attribution during most large health shocks. As in past epidemics, preexisting biological and social vulnerabilities profoundly influenced the distribution of disease. In addition to the elderly, Hispanic, Black and Native American communities were disproportionately affected by the virus, particularly when assessed using the years of potential life lost metric. We provide a conceptual framework and initial empirical analysis that seek to shed light on contributors to pandemic-related health inequality, and we suggest areas for future research.