Excess mortality for care home residents during the first 23 weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic in England: a national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To estimate excess mortality for care home residents during the COVID-19 pandemic in England, exploring associations with care home characteristics.

Methods

Daily number of deaths in all residential and nursing homes in England notified to the Care Quality Commission (CQC) from 1 January 2017 to 7 August 2020. Care home-level data linked with CQC care home register to identify home characteristics: client type (over 65s/children and adults), ownership status (for-profit/not-for-profit; branded/independent) and size (small/medium/large). Excess deaths computed as the difference between observed and predicted deaths using local authority fixed-effect Poisson regressions on pre-pandemic data. Fixed-effect logistic regressions were used to model odds of experiencing C

SUBMITTER: Morciano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7932761 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature