Mortality associated with COVID-19 outbreaks in care homes: early international evidence
Comas-Herrera, Adelina ; Zalakain, Joseba
International Long-Term Care Policy Network
12/04/2020
6 p.
healthcare worker ; older people ; mortality ; occupational risks
Occupational risks
English
"Official data on the numbers of people affected by COVID-19 is not available in many countries.
Due to differences in testing availabilities and policies, and to different approaches to recording deaths, international comparisons are difficult.
Data from 3 epidemiological studies in the United States show that as many as half of people with COVID-19 infections in care homes were asymptomatic (or pre-symptomatic) at the time of testing.
Data from 5 European countries suggest that care home residents have so far accounted for between 42% and 57% of all deaths related to COVID-19."
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