COVID-19 Infections and Deaths among Connecticut Nursing Home Residents: Facility Correlates

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2020, Pages 1899-1906

  Li, Yue ^a   Temkin Greener, Helena ^a   Shan, Gao ^a   Cai, Xueya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coronavirus; COVID 19; death; disparities; nursing home

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONNECTICUT; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MORTALITY; MORTALITY RATE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; STAFF NURSE; AGED; ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; NURSING STAFF;

AGED; CONNECTICUT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CORRELATION OF DATA; COVID-19; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF;

EID: 85088092552     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16689     Document Type: Article

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