SARS-CoV-2 and Wisconsin Nursing Homes: Temporal Dynamics During the COVID-19 Pandemic
| Autor: | Liliana E. Pezzin, Diane Ehn, Edmund H. Duthie, Cameron G. Gmehlin, Frida Rivera, Jorge A. Ramos-Castaneda, L. Silvia Munoz-Price |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Staffing Five-star rating Medicare Original Studies Rurality Wisconsin Pandemic Medicine Humans Pandemics General Nursing Aged Retrospective Studies business.industry SARS-CoV-2 Health Policy Incidence (epidemiology) COVID-19 Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Quality United States Nursing Homes Geriatrics and Gerontology Nursing homes business Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of the American Medical Directors Association |
| ISSN: | 1538-9375 |
| Popis: | Objectives Evidence suggests that quality, location, and staffing levels may be associated with COVID-19 incidence in nursing homes. However, it is unknown if these relationships remain constant over time. We describe incidence rates of COVID-19 across Wisconsin nursing homes while examining factors associated with their trajectory during five months of the pandemic. Design Retrospective cohort study. Setting/Participants Wisconsin nursing homes. Methods Publicly available data from June 1, 2020 to October 31, 2020 were obtained. These included facility size, staffing, Five-star Medicare rating score and components. Nursing home characteristics were compared using Pearson Chi-square and Kruskal-Wallis tests. Multiple linear regressions were used to evaluate the effect of rurality on COVID-19. Results There were a total of 2,459 COVID-19 cases across 246 Wisconsin nursing homes. Number of beds (P |
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