Variation in SARS-CoV-2 Prevalence in U.S. Skilled Nursing Facilities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2020, Pages 2167-2173

  White, Elizabeth M ^a   Kosar, Cyrus M ^a   Feifer, Richard A ^b,c   Blackman, Carolyn ^b,c   Gravenstein, Stefan ^a,d,e   Ouslander, Joseph ^f   Mor, Vincent ^a,e  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b Genesis Health Care   (United States)

^c Genesis Rehab Services   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PROVIDENCE VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

COVID 19; facility; long term care; nursing home; SARS CoV 2; skilled nursing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE FATALITY RATE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; UNITED STATES; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTION CONTROL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PANDEMIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COVID-19; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; NURSING STAFF; PANDEMICS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SARS-COV-2; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85089662330     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.16752     Document Type: Article

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