Occupational risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission in Denmark 2020-2021: a follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Mounting evidence indicates increased risk of COVID-19 among healthcare personnel, but the evidence on risks in other occupations is limited. In this study, we quantify the occupational risk of COVID-19-related hospital admission in Denmark during 2020-2021.

Methods

The source population included 2.4 million employees age 20-69 years. All information was retrieved from public registers. The risk of COVID-19 related hospital admission was examined in 155 occupations with at least 2000 employees (at-risk, N=1 620 231) referenced to a group of mainly office workers defined by a COVID-19 job exposure matrix (N=369 341). Incidence rate ratios (IRR) were computed by Poisson regression.

Results

During 186 million person-weeks of follow-up, we observed 2944 COVID-19

SUBMITTER: Bonde JPE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10549918 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature