Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England's first two waves: observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess patient-level and hospital-level predictors of death and variation in death rates following admission for COVID-19 in England's first two waves after accounting for random variation. To quantify the correlation between hospitals' first and second wave death rates.

Design

Observational study using administrative data.

Setting

Acute non-specialist hospitals in England.

Participants

All patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.

Primary and secondary outcomes

In-hospital death.

Results

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES) data were extracted for all acute hospitals in England for COVID-19 admissions from March 2020 to March 2021. In wave 1 (March to July 2020), there were 74 484 admissions and 21 883 deaths (crude rate

SUBMITTER: Bottle A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9247323 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature