Health equity: The missing data elements in healthcare outbreak response

Advancing health equity through action in antimicrobial stewardship and healthcare epidemiology

“…17 Recent studies have evaluated disparities related to multidrug resistance, infection prevention efforts and outbreak response, HAIs, and specific conditions, including candidemia, CDI, and COVID-19. [4][5][6][7][8]12,13,16,35,73 Data regarding health inequities in inpatient antibiotic prescribing are very limited. Kim et al 17 reported that 55 (90%) of 61 articles in their scoping review described outpatient settings and only 1 (1.6%) was from the acutecare setting.…”

“…1 Infection risk in health care and quality of antibiotic use vary by patient population. [4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Thus, opportunities exist for education and awareness about health equity and how it applies to infectious diseases, healthcare epidemiology, and antimicrobial stewardship. To underscore the importance of preparing the healthcare workforce to understand, recognize, and respond to health inequities, Uehling et al 18 asked >200 hospital employees to describe their understanding of health equity as a concept, and perceptions of equity initiatives implemented in their hospital.…”