Nursing home characteristics associated with resident COVID-19 morbidity in communities with high infection rates

What The Study Did:


Researchers examined nursing homes in communities with the highest COVID-19 prevalence to identify characteristics associated with resident infection rates.

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Hye-Young Jung, Ph.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, is the corresponding author.

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