January 5, 2021

Accuracy of the Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index for Predicting Short-Term Mortality among 1307 Yale New Haven Hospital Inpatients and 427224 Medicare Patients

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Clinical Characteristics and Health Care Setting

Keywords (Tags): mortality, risk factors

[Pre-print, not peer reviewed] The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index was shown to accurately estimate risk of short-term mortality among a wide variety of patients. The index was validated using 1,307 Yale New Haven Hospital inpatients and over 420,000 Medicare patients and consistently identified those at greatest relative risk of death. The authors suggest it could be used to prioritize patients for vaccination and clinical attention.

King et al. (Jan 4, 2021). Accuracy of the Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index for Predicting Short-Term Mortality among 1307 Yale New Haven Hospital Inpatients and 427224 Medicare Patients. Pre-print downloaded Jan 5 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.01.20249069