COVID-19 Infections and Deaths among Connecticut Nursing Home Residents: Facility Correlates.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

To determine the associations of nursing home registered nurse (RN) staffing, overall quality of care, and concentration of Medicaid or racial and ethnic minority residents with 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) confirmed cases and deaths by April 16, 2020, among Connecticut nursing home residents.

Design

Cross-sectional analysis on Connecticut nursing home (n = 215) COVID-19 report, linked to other nursing home files and county counts of confirmed cases and deaths. Multivariable two-part models determined the associations of key nursing home characteristics with the likelihood of at least one confirmed case (or death) in the facility, and with the count of cases (deaths) among facilities with at least one confirmed case (death).

Setting

All Co

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7323378 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature