Estimates of COVID-19 Cases and Deaths Among Nursing Home Residents Not Reported in Federal Data.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Federal data underestimate the impact of COVID-19 on US nursing homes because federal reporting guidelines did not require facilities to report case and death data until the week ending May 24, 2020.

Objective

To assess the magnitude of unreported cases and deaths in the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) and provide national estimates of cases and deaths adjusted for nonreporting.

Design, setting, and participants

This is a cross-sectional study comparing COVID-19 cases and deaths reported by US nursing homes to the NHSN with those reported to state departments of health in late May 2020. The sample includes nursing homes from 20 states, with 4598 facilities in 12 states that required facilities to report cases and 7401 facilities in 19 states that

SUBMITTER: Shen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8430452 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature