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. 2020 Jul;68(7):1398-1399.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.16529. Epub 2020 May 26.

Living Arrangements of Older Adults and COVID-19 Risk: It Is Not Just Nursing Homes

Norma B Coe  1   2 , Courtney Harold Van Houtven  3
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Living Arrangements of Older Adults and COVID-19 Risk: It Is Not Just Nursing Homes

Norma B Coe et al. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Jul.
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Relative prevalence of senior residential care units compared to nursing home beds, 100 most‐populated metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Source: Authorsʼ calculations using 2018 data from NIC MAP Data Service and the 2018 Provider of Service files (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services). For more information on the NIC MAP Data Service, please visit http://www.nic.org/nic‐map or call 410‐267‐0504. Gray indicates counties outside the 100 most populated MSAs. IL/AL/MC, Independent Living/Assisted Living/Memory Care.
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