Role and benefits of infectious diseases specialists in the COVID-19 pandemic: Multilevel analysis of care provision in German hospitals using data from the Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 infected patients (LEOSS) cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigates the care provision and the role of infectious disease (ID) specialists during the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Methods

A survey was conducted at German study sites participating in the Lean European Open Survey on SARS-CoV-2 infected patients (LEOSS). Hospitals certified by the German Society of Infectious diseases (DGI) were identified as ID centers. We compared care provision and the involvement of ID specialists between ID and non-ID hospitals. Then we applied a multivariable regression model to analyse how clinical ID care influenced the mortality of COVID-19 patients in the LEOSS cohort.

Results

Of the 40 participating hospitals in the study, 35% (14/40) were identified as ID centers. Among those, clinical ID care

SUBMITTER: Tscharntke LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11825572 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature