Patients at high risk for a severe clinical course of COVID-19 - small-area data in support of vaccination and other population-based interventions in Germany

• Main Authors: Jakob Holstiege (Author), Manas K. Akmatov (Author), Claudia Kohring (Author), Lotte Dammertz (Author), Frank Ng (Author), Thomas Czihal (Author), Dominik von Stillfried (Author), Jörg Bätzing (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background Research has shown that the risk for a severe course of COVID-19 is increased in the elderly population and among patients with chronic conditions. The aim of this study was to provide estimates of the size of vulnerable populations at high risk for a severe COVID-19 course in Ge...