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. 2023 Jan 11;61(2):67–74. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000001804

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of Patients Tested for COVID-19 From March 1, 2020, to February 28, 2021, by Hispanic Ethnic Enclave Quintile

Hispanic Ethnic Enclave Quintiles
Characteristics, No. (%) Total (N=26,871) Quintile 1 (N=1424) Quintile 2 (N=2469) Quintile 3 (N=2049) Quintile 4 (N=5697) Quintile 5 (N=15,232) P*
COVID-19 positive 5604 (21) 143 (10) 346 (14) 313 (15) 1132 (20) 3670 (24)
Health system <0.001
 SFHN 22,757 (85) 900 (63) 1707 (69) 1510 (74) 4755 (83) 13,885 (91)
 UCSF 4114 (15) 524 (37) 762 (31) 539 (26) 942 (17) 1347 (9)
Preferred language <0.001
 English 11,918 (44) 1077 (76) 1643 (67) 1255 (61) 2652 (47) 5291 (35)
 Spanish 14,953 (56) 347 (24) 826 (33) 794 (39) 3045 (53) 9941 (65)
Age group <0.001
 <18 4340 (16) 170 (12) 317 (13) 341 (17) 892 (16) 2620 (17)
 18–34 8092 (30) 422 (30) 847 (34) 604 (29) 1675 (29) 4544 (30)
 35–64 12,079 (45) 681 (48) 1069 (43) 886 (43) 2562 (45) 6881 (45)
 65+ 2360 (9) 151 (11) 236 (10) 218 (11) 568 (10) 1187 (8)
Sex
 Male 13,851 (52) 745 (52) 1277 (52) 965 (47) 2918 (51) 7946 (52)
 Female 13,020 (48) 679 (48) 1192 (48) 1084 (53) 2779 (49) 7286 (48)
Marital status 0.02
 Married/partnered 6461 (24) 377 (26) 585 (24) 493 (24) 1337 (23) 3669 (24)
 Divorced/separated 983 (4) 60 (4) 89 (4) 78 (4) 239 (4) 517 (3)
 Single/widowed 17,173 (64) 890 (63) 1614 (65) 1305 (64) 3647 (64) 9717 (64)
 Other/unknown 2254 (8) 97 (7) 181 (7) 173 (8) 474 (8) 1329 (9)
Insurance type <0.001
 Private 2656 (10) 398 (28) 521 (21) 328 (16) 549 (10) 860 (6)
 Public 14,652 (55) 521 (37) 1085 (44) 1027 (50) 3218 (56) 8801 (58)
 Other/unknown 702 (3) 51 (4) 85 (3) 66 (3) 151 (3) 349 (2)
 Missing 8861 (33) 454 (32) 778 (32) 628 (31) 1779 (31) 5222 (34)
Charlson Comorbidity Index <0.001
 0 22,390 (83) 1166 (82) 2025 (82) 1707 (83) 4658 (82) 12,834 (84)
 1 2200 (8) 114 (8) 195 (8) 175 (9) 531 (9) 1185 (8)
 2+ 2281 (8) 144 (10) 249 (10) 167 (8) 508 (9) 1213 (8)
Neighborhood SES quintile <0.001
 Q1 (lowest) 9357 (35) 0 287 (12) 226 (11) 1020 (18) 7824 (51)
 Q2 7963 (30) 0 0 160 (8) 2189 (38) 5614 (37)
 Q3 3927 (15) 16 (1) 228 (9) 558 (27) 1331 (23) 1794 (12)
 Q4 3243 (12) 437 (31) 1061 (43) 937 (46) 808 (14) 0
 Q5 (highest) 2381 (9) 971 (68) 893 (36) 168 (8) 349 (6) 0
*

P-values compare patient characteristics by COVID-19 status based on χ2 test.

SES indicates socioeconomic status; SFHN, San Francisco Health Network; UCSF, University of California, San Francisco.