COVID-19 case fatality ratio and survival among hospitalized adults in Goias, 2020: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe clinical-epidemiological and therapeutic aspects and to estimate case fatality ratio and risk factors for lower in-hospital survival due to COVID-19.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study conducted in the state of Goiás, Brazil, in 2020, with data obtained from the Influenza Epidemiological Surveillance Information System and through a review of clinical records and hospital. Relative risk for in-hospital death was estimated and Poisson multiple regression and Cox regression analyses were performed. Survival functions were compared using the log-rank test and represented by Kaplan-Meier curves.

Results

The sample consisted of 651 adults, whose median age was 59 years, 57.0% were admitted to public hospitals, 61.1% had severe acute respirat

SUBMITTER: Borges MASB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12105840 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature