COVID-19-Related Hospitalization Rates and Severe Outcomes Among Veterans From 5 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Hospital-Based Surveillance Study

• Main Authors: Cardemil, Cristina V (Author), Dahl, Rebecca (Author), Prill, Mila M (Author), Cates, Jordan (Author), Brown, Sheldon (Author), Perea, Adrienne (Author), Marconi, Vincent (Author), Bell, LaSara (Author), Rodriguez-Barradas, Maria C (Author), Rivera-Dominguez, Gilberto (Author), Beenhouwer, David (Author), Poteshkina, Aleksandra (Author), Holodniy, Mark (Author), Lucero-Obusan, Cynthia (Author), Balachandran, Neha (Author), Hall, Aron J (Author), Kim, Lindsay (Author), Langley, Gayle (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundCOVID-19 has disproportionately affected older adults and certain racial and ethnic groups in the United States. Data quantifying the disease burden, as well as describing clinical outcomes during hospitalization among these groups, are needed. ObjectiveWe aimed to describe interim COVID-1...