Characteristics of U.S. Nursing Homes with COVID-19 Cases

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2020, Pages 1653-1656

  Abrams, Hannah R ^a   Loomer, Lacey ^b   Gandhi, Ashvin ^c   Grabowski, David C ^d  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

COVID 19; long term care; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; AGED; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; PANDEMIC; VERY ELDERLY; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85087556808     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16661     Document Type: Article

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