December 17, 2020

Natural History of COVID-19: Risk Factors for Hospitalizations and Deaths among 26 Million U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): risk factors

• An analysis of over 26 million US Medicare beneficiaries found the COVID-19 death rate among beneficiaries in nursing homes was much higher than among beneficiaries in the general Medicare population (275.7 vs 5 per 10,000). Clinical predictors of death in the study population included immunocompromised status, frailty index conditions, and comorbidities. Demographic predictors of death included male sex, older age, Medicaid dual-eligibility status, and racial/ethnic minority.

Izurieta et al. (Dec 16, 2020). Natural History of COVID-19: Risk Factors for Hospitalizations and Deaths among 26 Million U.S. Medicare Beneficiaries. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaa767