Substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and disease severity: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: In this study we examine associations between substandard housing and the risk of COVID-19 infection and severity during the first year of the pandemic by linking individual-level housing and clinical datasets. Residents of Chelsea, Massachusetts who were tested for COVID-19 at any Mass General Brigham testing site and who lived at a property that had received a city housing inspection were included (N = 2873). Chelsea is a densely populated city with a high prevalence of substandard housing. Inspected properties with housing code violations were considered substandard; inspected properties without violations were considered adequate. COVID-19 infection was defined as any positive PCR test, and severe disease defined as hospitalization with COVID-19. We used a propensity score design to ma

SUBMITTER: Robb K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879830 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature