Statewide Interventions and Coronavirus Disease 2019 Mortality in the United States: An Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social distancing is encouraged to mitigate viral spreading during outbreaks. However, the association between distancing and patient-centered outcomes in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has not been demonstrated. In the United States, social distancing orders are implemented at the state level with variable timing of onset. Emergency declarations and school closures were 2 early statewide interventions.

Methods

To determine whether later distancing interventions were associated with higher mortality, we performed a state-level analysis in 55 146 COVID-19 nonsurvivors. We tested the association between timing of emergency declarations and school closures with 28-day mortality using multivariable negative binomial regression. Day 1 for each state was set to whe

SUBMITTER: Yehya N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454446 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature