Factors associated with hospital admission and severe outcomes for older patients with COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Morbidity and death due to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) experienced by older adults in nursing homes have been well described, but COVID-19's impact on community-living older adults is less studied. Similarly, the previous ambulatory care experience of such patients has rarely been considered in studies of COVID-19 risks and outcomes.

Methods

To investigate the relationship of advanced age (65+), on risk factors associated with COVID-19 outcomes in community-living elders, we identified an electronic health records cohort of older patients aged 65+ with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 with and without an ambulatory care visit in the past 24 months (n = 47,219) in the New York City (NYC) academic medical institutions and the NYC public hospital system from Jan

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115084 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature