Study protocol for the use of time series forecasting and risk analyses to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions associated with new-onset disability and frailty in a national, linked electronic health data setting

Study protocol for the use of time series forecasting and risk analyses to investigate the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital admissions associated with new-onset disability and frailty in a national, linked electronic health data setting

Introduction Older people were at particular risk of morbidity and mortality during COVID-19. Consequently, they experienced formal (externally imposed) and informal (self-imposed) periods of social isolation and quarantine. This is hypothesised to have led to physical deconditioning, new-onset disa...

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Main Authors: Kamlesh Khunti, Vahe Nafilyan, Azhar Farooqi, Richard Morriss, Natalie Armstrong, Ash Routen, Adam Gordon, Neil Bannister, Laura Gray, Seth Thomas, Perrine Machuel, Josephine Foubert, Helen Colvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-05-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/5/e067786.full

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