The impact of COVID-19 on adjusted mortality risk in care homes for older adults in Wales, UK: a retrospective population-based cohort study for mortality in 2016-2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

mortality in care homes has had a prominent focus during the COVID-19 outbreak. Care homes are particularly vulnerable to the spread of infectious diseases, which may lead to increased mortality risk. Multiple and interconnected challenges face the care home sector in the prevention and management of outbreaks of COVID-19, including adequate supply of personal protective equipment, staff shortages and insufficient or lack of timely COVID-19 testing.

Aim

to analyse the mortality of older care home residents in Wales during COVID-19 lockdown and compare this across the population of Wales and the previous 4 years.

Study design and setting

we used anonymised electronic health records and administrative data from the secure anonymised information linkage databa

SUBMITTER: Hollinghurst J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7546151 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature