Neighborhood-level disparities and subway utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

Daniel Carrión; Elena Colicino; Nicolo Foppa Pedretti; Kodi B. Arfer; Johnathan Rush; Nicholas DeFelice; Allan C. Just

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24088-7

Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Neighborhood-level disparities and subway utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City

Daniel Carrión,
Elena Colicino,
Nicolo Foppa Pedretti,
Kodi B. Arfer,
Johnathan Rush,
Nicholas DeFelice,
Allan C. Just

Affiliations

Daniel Carrión: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Elena Colicino: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nicolo Foppa Pedretti: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Kodi B. Arfer: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Johnathan Rush: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Nicholas DeFelice: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Allan C. Just: Department of Environmental Medicine and Public Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24088-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Neighborhood disadvantage and capacity to socially distance have been discussed as factors involved in COVID-19 disparities. Here, the authors develop an inequity index on zip code-level infections, and examine differences in neighborhood utilization of subways in New York City.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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