Hospital factor and prognosis of COVID-19 in New York City, the United States of America: insights from a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

April 22nd, 2020, New York City (NYC) was the epicenter of the pandemic of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the US with differences of death rates among its 5 boroughs. We aimed to investigate the difference in mortality associated with hospital factors (teaching versus community hospital) in NYC.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Methods

We obtained medical records of 6509 hospitalized patients with laboratory confirmed COVID-19 from the Mount Sinai Health System including 4 teaching hospitals in Manhattan and 2 community hospitals located outside of Manhattan (Queens and Brooklyn) retrospectively. Propensity score analysis using inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW) with stabilized weights was performed to adjust for differences in the

SUBMITTER: Takahashi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8826663 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature