Table 1.
Care Network use before and during the pandemic and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 positivity by race/ethnicity, language preference, and insurance type
| Variable | Primary care patients | SARS-CoV-2 testing, March 2020–February 2021 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2019–February 2020 (n = 66,541) | March 2020–February 2021 (n = 64,382) | Tested (n = 10,138) | Positive (n = 1,284) | Positive within group (%) | |
| Age, y; median (IQR) | 6 (2–12) | 7 (2–12) | 5 (1–12) | 9 (3–14) | – |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White, non-Latino, n (%) | 13,571 (20.4) | 13,169 (20.5) | 2,833 (27.9) | 294 (22.9) | 10.4 |
| Black, non-Latino, n (%) | 38,578 (58.0) | 37,026 (57.5) | 5,028 (49.6) | 687 (53.5) | 13.7 |
| Hispanic/Latino, n (%) | 5,581 (8.4) | 5,534 (8.6) | 978 (9.6) | 159 (12.4) | 16.3 |
| Asian, non-Latino, n (%)* | 2,971 (4.5) | 2,809 (4.4) | 406 (4.0) | 59 (4.6) | 14.5 |
| Multiracial, non-Latino, n (%) | 1,622 (2.4) | 1,654 (2.6) | 306 (3.0) | 27 (2.1) | 8.8 |
| Other or unknown, n (%)† | 4,218 (6.3) | 4,190 (6.5) | 587 (5.8) | 58 (4.5) | 9.9 |
| Preferred language | |||||
| English, n (%) | 61,292 (92.1) | 59,199 (91.9) | 9,542 (94.1) | 1,171 (91.2) | 12.3 |
| Spanish, n (%) | 1,604 (2.4) | 1,560 (2.4) | 227 (2.2) | 51 (4.0) | 22.5 |
| Other, n (%) | 1,318 (2.0) | 1,320 (2.1) | 185 (1.8) | 31 (2.4) | 16.8 |
| Unknown, n (%) | 2,327 (3.5) | 2,303 (3.6) | 184 (1.8) | 31 (2.4) | 16.8 |
| Insurance | |||||
| Commercial/private, n (%) | 28,624 (43.0) | 27,137 (42.1) | 4,737 (46.7) | 539 (42.0) | 11.4 |
| Medicaid, n (%) | 37,589 (56.5) | 36,830 (57.2) | 5,386 (53.1) | 743 (57.9) | 13.8 |
| Unknown, n (%) | 328 (0.5) | 415 (0.6) | 15 (0.1) | 2 (0.2) | 13.3 |
IQR = interquartile range; SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2.
*
Includes Pacific-Islanders.
†
Includes Native American or Alaskan Native.