Association between nursing home crowding, COVID-19 infection, mortality in Ontario, Canada

What The Study Did:

Researchers examined the association between nursing home crowding and COVID-19 across the entire nursing home system of Ontario, Canada, during the first months of the pandemic.

Authors:

Kevin A. Brown, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto and Nathan M. Stall, M.D., of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, are the corresponding authors.

To access the embargoed study:

Visit our For The Media website at this link

https:/

/

media.

jamanetwork.

com/

(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.6466)

Editor’s Note:

The article includes conflict of interest disclosures. Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

###

Media advisory:

The full study is linked to this news release.

Embed this link to provide your readers free access to the full-text article

This link will be live at the embargo time

https:/

/

jamanetwork.

com/

journals/

jamainternalmedicine/

fullarticle/

10.

1001/

jamainternmed.

2020.

6466?guestAccessKey=

fe7919b4-83da-4914-905a-5ec087696d50&utm_source=

For_The_Media&utm_medium=

referral&utm_campaign=

ftm_links&utm_content=

tfl&utm_term=

110920