Trends in COVID-19-Attributable Hospitalizations Among Adults With Laboratory-Confirmed SARS-CoV-2-COVID-NET, June 2020 to September 2023.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Screening for SARS-CoV-2 infection among hospital admissions made interpretation of COVID-19 hospitalization data challenging as SARS-CoV-2-positive persons with mild or asymptomatic infection may be incorrectly identified as COVID-19-associated hospitalizations. The study objective is to estimate the proportion of hospitalizations likely attributable to COVID-19 among SARS-CoV-2-positive hospitalized patients.

Methods

A sample of laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2-positive hospitalizations from the COVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance Network (COVID-NET) from June 2020 to September 2023 was analyzed, with a focus on July 2022 to September 2023. Likely COVID-19-attributable hospitalizations were defined as hospitalizations among SARS-CoV-2-positive non-pr

SUBMITTER: Taylor CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11534501 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature