The Expanding Digital Divide: Digital Health Access Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City

Eruchalu, Chukwuma N.; Pichardo, Margaret S.; Bharadwaj, Maheetha; Rodriguez, Carmen B.; Rodriguez, Jorge A.; Bergmark, Regan W.; Bates, David W.; Ortega, Gezzer

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The Expanding Digital Divide: Digital Health Access Inequities during the COVID-19 Pandemic in New York City

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Eruchalu, Chukwuma N., Pichardo, Margaret S., Bharadwaj, Maheetha, Rodriguez, Carmen B., Rodriguez, Jorge A., Bergmark, Regan W., Bates, David W., Ortega, Gezzer·2021·Journal of Urban Health

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Racialized and marginalized groups bore the greatest burden of COVID-19, replicating and sometimes widening pre-pandemic health disparities.
“Racialized and marginalized groups bore the greatest burden of COVID-19, replicating and sometimes widening the health disparities that were already evident pre-pandemic (7, 8).”
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The Introduction reports racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in COVID-19 infection and mortality across New York City neighborhoods. It also says digital inequities may compound existing structural disadvantages and exacerbate disparities. That supports a disproportionate burden, but not the broader claim that these groups bore the greatest COVID-19 burden or that pre-pandemic health disparities were demonstrably widened. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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Authors: Eruchalu, C. N., Pichardo, M. S., Bharadwaj, M., Rodriguez, C. B., Rodriguez, J. A., Bergmark, R. W., Bates, D. W., & Ortega, G.
Affiliations: Harvard University (US)
Howard University (US)
Columbia University (US)
Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
Corresponding author: Ortega, Gezzer
ORCID: Eruchalu, Chukwuma N.
Pichardo, Margaret S.
Bharadwaj, Maheetha
Rodriguez, Carmen B.
Rodriguez, Jorge A.
Bergmark, Regan W.
Bates, David W.
Ortega, Gezzer
Venue: Journal of Urban Health
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2021-01-20
Volume: 98
Issue: 2
Pages: 183-186
ISSN: 0028-7091 (ISSN-L)
1099-3460
1468-2869
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-020-00508-9
PMC: PMC7816740
OpenAlex: W3124811476
Cited by: 245
References: 10
Citations by year: 2026: 20 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 51 · 2022: 62 · 2021: 22
FWCI: 38.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
www.springer.com/tdm (vor)
Locations: Journal of Urban Health (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Digital Howard (Howard University) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (UL1TR001863)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › ICT Impact and Policies
Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Educational Innovations and Technology
Keywords: digital divide, telemedicine, COVID-19 pandemic, broadband access, digital health inequities, social determinants of health, digital literacy, health disparities, New York City, low-income populations, racial and ethnic minorities, older adults, language barriers
MeSH terms: COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Humans, New York City, Pandemics, Digital Divide

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