Estimating excess mortality rates among US assisted living residents during pandemic


What The Study Did:


The results suggest assisted


living residents experienced increased mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic consistent with


increases observed among nursing home residents.


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Kali S. Thomas, Ph.D., of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is the

corresponding author.


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