Characterizing cancer and COVID-19 outcomes using electronic health records.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Patients with cancer often have compromised immune system which can lead to worse COVID-19 outcomes. The purpose of this study is to assess the association between COVID-19 outcomes and existing cancer-specific characteristics.

Patients and methods

Patients aged 18 or older with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 between June 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020, were identified (n = 314 004) from the Optum® de-identified COVID-19 Electronic Health Record (EHR) derived from more than 700 hospitals and 7000 clinics in the United States. To allow sufficient observational time, patients with less than one year of medical history in the EHR dataset before their COVID-19 tests were excluded (n = 42 365). Assessed COVID-19 outcomes including all-cause 30-day mortality, hospitalizatio

SUBMITTER: Kim Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9067885 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature