Mortality trends among hospitalised COVID-19 patients in Sweden: A nationwide observational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is important to know if mortality among hospitalised COVID-19 patients has changed as the pandemic has progressed. The aim of this study was to describe the dynamics over time of mortality among patients hospitalised for COVID-19 in Sweden, using nationwide data compiled by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.

Methods

Observational cohort study where all patients hospitalised in Sweden between March 1 and September 30, 2020, with SARS-CoV-2 RNA positivity 14 days before to 5 days after admission and a discharge code for COVID-19 were included. Outcome was 60-day all-cause mortality. Patients were categorised according to month of hospital admission. Poisson regression was used to estimate the relative risk of death by month of admission, adjusting

SUBMITTER: Stralin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7907732 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature