Hospital admissions from care homes in England during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis using linked administrative data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Care home residents have complex healthcare needs but may have faced barriers to accessing hospital treatment during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objectives

To examine trends in the number of hospital admissions for care home residents during the first months of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Methods

Retrospective analysis of a national linked dataset on hospital admissions for residential and nursing home residents in England (257,843 residents, 45% in nursing homes) between 20 January 2020 and 28 June 2020, compared to admissions during the corresponding period in 2019 (252,432 residents, 45% in nursing homes). Elective and emergency admission rates, normalised to the time spent in care homes across all residents, were derived across the first three m

SUBMITTER: Grimm F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8267611 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature