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  • BACKGROUND: There are several reports of health disparities related to COVID-19. Understanding social determinants of health (SDoH) could help develop mitigation strategies to prevent further COVID-19 spread. Our aim is to evaluate self-reported and census-based SDoH as a mediator of health disparities in COVID-19. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional ecological study and included all COVID-19 cases report by the COVID-19 Florida dashboard as the dependent variable. The independent variables were census-based median household income, population and household size, and self-reported SDoH using a validated survey. We calculated the incidence rate ratio (IRR) of COVID-19 by zip code using Poisson regression and structured equation modelling to evaluate the mediation effect of income and SDoH on COVID-19 cases. RESULTS: We included 97,594 COVID-19 positive cases across 79 Miami-Dade ZIP codes with a median age of 43 years; females represented 50.7% of the cases. The highest IRR (4.44) were for ZIP code 33125 (income $21,106, 6% Black, 93% Hispanic), while the lowest IRR (0.86) was for ZIP code 33146 (median household incomes $96,609, 3% Black and 53% Hispanic). In structured equation models, the indirect coefficient of income in the relationship between race/ethnicity and COVID-19 were only significant for Blacks and not Hispanics. CONCLUSIONS: This ecological analysis using ZIP code and aggregate individual-level SDoH shows that in Miami-Dade county, COVID infection is associated with economic disadvantage in a particular geographical area and not with racial/ethnic distribution. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11606-020-06341-9.
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  • 10.1007/s11606-020-06341-9
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  • J_Gen_Intern_Med
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  • no-cc
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  • document_parses/pdf_json/f7c288c13cc8b38c9c0138ad196edb9ec92f48e6.json
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  • document_parses/pmc_json/PMC7673244.xml.json
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  • 33206324.0
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  • Medline; PMC
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  • Social Determinants of Health Mediate COVID-19 Disparities in South Florida
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  • 2020-11-18

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