Risks of covid-19 hospital admission and death for people with learning disability: population based cohort study using the OpenSAFELY platform.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the association between learning disability and risk of hospital admission and death from covid-19 in England among adults and children.

Design

Population based cohort study on behalf of NHS England using the OpenSAFELY platform.

Setting

Patient level data were obtained for more than 17 million people registered with a general practice in England that uses TPP software. Electronic health records were linked with death data from the Office for National Statistics and hospital admission data from NHS Secondary Uses Service.

Participants

Adults (aged 16-105 years) and children (<16 years) from two cohorts: wave 1 (registered with a TPP practice as of 1 March 2020 and followed until 31 August 2020); and wave 2 (registered 1 September 2020 and fo

SUBMITTER: Williamson EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278652 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature