Excess Deaths of Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreatic Diseases During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

• Main Authors: Lefei Han (Author), Haoting Shi (Author), Yongxuan Li (Author), Hongchao Qi (Author), Yuhua Wang (Author), Jiawei Gu (Author), Jiayin Wu (Author), Shi Zhao (Author), Peihua Cao (Author), Lan Xu (Author), Xiaobei Deng (Author), Xiaoxin I. Yao (Author), Jinjun Ran (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Objectives: To evaluate excess deaths of gastrointestinal, liver, and pancreatic diseases in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: We retrieved weekly death counts from National Vital Statistics System and fitted them with a quasi-Poisson regression model. Cause-specific excess dea...