Excess deaths from COVID-19 among Medicare beneficiaries with psychiatric diagnoses: Community versus nursing home.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychiatric illness may pose an additional risk of death for older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Older adults in the community versus institutions might be influenced by the pandemic differently. This study examines excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic among Medicare beneficiaries with and without psychiatric diagnoses (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) in the community versus nursing homes.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of a 20% random sample of 15,229,713 fee-for-service Medicare beneficiaries, from January 2019 through December 2021. Unadjusted monthly mortality risks, COVID-19 infection rates, and case-fatality rates after COVID-19 diagnosis were calculated. Excess deaths in 2020, compared to 2019 were estima

SUBMITTER: Xu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9537955 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature