Association Between Nursing Home Crowding and COVID-19 Infection and Mortality in Ontario, Canada
Author(s) -
Kevin A. Brown,
Aaron Jones,
Nick Daneman,
Adrienne K. Chan,
Kevin L. Schwartz,
Gary Garber,
Andrew P. Costa,
Nathan M. Stall
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jama internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.14
H-Index - 342
eISSN - 2168-6114
pISSN - 2168-6106
DOI - 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6466
Subject(s) - crowding , medicine , nursing homes , incidence (geometry) , covid-19 , population , retrospective cohort study , bedroom , gerontology , demography , environmental health , disease , nursing , surgery , infectious disease (medical specialty) , neuroscience , biology , physics , civil engineering , sociology , optics , engineering
Nursing home residents have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Prevention recommendations emphasize frequent testing of health care personnel and residents, but additional strategies are needed.
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