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The COVID-19 Pandemic Has Taken a Higher Toll on Nursing Homes with
Relatively High Shares of Black or Hispanic Residents Nursing
homes with a relatively high share of Black or Hispanic residents are more
likely to have had a resident die of COVID-19 than homes with lower shares of
such residents, finds a new KFF analysis. Nationwide,
63 percent of nursing homes with a relatively high share of Black residents
reported one or more COVID-19 death, as did 55 percent of nursing homes with
a relatively high share of Hispanic residents, finds the analysis. That
compared to 40 percent and 44 percent of nursing homes with a lower share of
Black and Hispanic residents, respectively. (Nursing homes were defined as having
a relatively high share of Black or Hispanic residents if such residents
accounted for 20 percent or more of the resident population.) The
analysis, based on data from 13,982 nursing facilities nationwide, or
approximately 93 percent of all nursing facilities, adds to the understanding
of how a pandemic that has hit communities of color disproportionately hard
is playing out in long-term care facilities that are home to many of those
most vulnerable to the effects of the virus. Long-term care facilities
account for just 8 percent of all coronavirus cases but more than 40 percent
of all COVID-19 deaths. For
the full analysis, which includes state-level data for
21 states, visit kff.org Filling
the need for trusted information on national health issues, KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation)
is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. |
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Tuesday, October 27, 2020
COVID-19 Has Taken a Higher Toll on Nursing Homes with High Shares of Black or Hispanic Residents
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