Risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infections, hospitalization, mortality among US nursing home residents

What The Study Did:

This study identified risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 incidence, hospitalization and death among nursing home residents in the United States.

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James S. Goodwin, M.D., of the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, is the corresponding author.

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