Mortality among Care Home Residents in England during the first and second waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study of 4.3 million adults over the age of 65

Summary: Background: Residents in care homes have been severely impacted by COVID-19. We describe trends in the mortality risk among residents of care homes compared to private homes. Methods: On behalf of NHS England we used OpenSAFELY-TPP to calculate monthly age-standardised risks of death due t...

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Main Authors: Anna Schultze, Emily Nightingale, David Evans, William Hulme, Alicia Rosello, Chris Bates, Jonathan Cockburn, Brian MacKenna, Helen J Curtis, Caroline E Morton, Richard Croker, Seb Bacon, Helen I McDonald, Christopher T Rentsch, Krishnan Bhaskaran, Rohini Mathur, Laurie A Tomlinson, Elizabeth J Williamson, Harriet Forbes, John Tazare, Daniel Grint, Alex J Walker, Peter Inglesby, Nicholas J DeVito, Amir Mehrkar, George Hickman, Simon Davy, Tom Ward, Louis Fisher, Amelia CA Green, Kevin Wing, Angel YS Wong, Robert McManus, John Parry, Frank Hester, Sam Harper, Stephen JW Evans, Ian J Douglas, Liam Smeeth, Rosalind M Eggo, Ben Goldacre, David A Leon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-03-01
Series:The Lancet Regional Health. Europe
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666776221002817