Citation: Zhilkova A, Alsabahi L, Olson D, Maru D, Tsao T-Y, Morse ME (2024) Hospital segregation, critical care strain, and inpatient mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. PLoS ONE 19(4): e0301481. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301481 Editor: Dong Wook Chang, Harbor-UCLA Research and Education Institute: The Lundquist Institute, UNITED STATES Received: November 15, 2023; Accepted: March 16, 2024; Published: April 11, 2024 Copyright: © 2024 Zhilkova et al.