As the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the U.S., research has shown that racial and ethnic minorities bear a disproportionate burden of illness and death. An article published ahead of print in the journal Health Affairs on June 14 involves the use of pre-pandemic data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, to explore potential explanations.
The article can be obtained at https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/pdf/10.1377/hlthaff.2020.00897.