Factors Associated With Hospitalization and Death After COVID-19 Diagnosis Among Patients With Rheumatic Disease: An Analysis of Veterans Affairs Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Individuals with autoimmune rheumatic disease (RD) are considered to be at increased risk for infection. However, few US population-based studies have assessed whether these patients are at increased risk of hospitalization or death due to COVID-19 compared with those without RD.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using national Veterans Affairs Health Care System data for individuals who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. Outcomes of interest were hospitalization or death due to any cause within 30 days of COVID-19 diagnosis. Outcomes were compared among veterans with RD and those without RD by using propensity score matching (PSM) and mixed-effects multivariate logistic regression.

Results

Of 26,116 veterans with COVID-19, 501 (1.9%) had an und

SUBMITTER: Schmajuk G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8593772 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature