March 8, 2021

Outcomes and Mortality Among Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 at US Medical Centers

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): clinical characteristics, public health

• A cohort study of 192,550 adults with COVID-19 admitted to US medical centers between March 1 and August 31, 2020 revealed that in-hospital mortality was 13.6% for the cohort. Mortality increased with age; 1.4% of patients aged 18 to 29 years died while 26.6% 80 years or older died. Among ICU patients, 27.8% died. However, there was a significant reduction in mortality over the course of the 6-month period, with the highest mortality in March (3,657 of 16,517 patients died [22.1%]), and mortality decreased each month until the end of the study period in August (1,154 of 17,776 patients died [6.5%]). 

Nguyen et al. (Mar 5, 2021). Outcomes and Mortality Among Adults Hospitalized With COVID-19 at US Medical Centers. JAMA Network Open. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0417