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Did Racial Representation Change At Our Outpatient Sports Medicine Clinic During The Covid-19 Pandemic?, William Douglas, William Dexter, Amy Haskins, Christina Holt
Did Racial Representation Change At Our Outpatient Sports Medicine Clinic During The Covid-19 Pandemic?, William Douglas, William Dexter, Amy Haskins, Christina Holt
Costas T. Lambrew Research Retreat 2021
Introduction/Objective
• COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
• Increased infection, hospitalization, and death rates1,2
• Black Americans unequal access to outpatient care vs. White Americans 3
• Inequity worsened during the COVID-19 Pandemic 4
• Maine population: 94.25% “White;” 1.42% “Black” 5
• July 2020 COVID cases: 66.8% “White;” 22% “Black” 6
• Did this disparity reflect in in our sports medicine clinic?