COVID-19 and long-term care facilities: Does ownership matter?

CMAJ

Volumn 192, Issue 33, 2020, Pages E961-E962

  McGregor, Margaret J ^a,b   Harrington, Charlene ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FUNDING; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFECTION RISK; MORTALITY; NOTE; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC POLICY; RESIDENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME CORONAVIRUS 2; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; PANDEMIC; VIRUS PNEUMONIA;

BETACORONAVIRUS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; OWNERSHIP; PANDEMICS; PNEUMONIA, VIRAL;

EID: 85089787415     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.201714     Document Type: Note

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