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. 2021 Jan 1;181(1):127-129.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3738.

Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

Benjamin F Bigelow  1 , Olive Tang  1 , Bryan Barshick  1 , Matthew Peters  2 , Stephen D Sisson  1 , Kimberly S Peairs  1 , Morgan J Katz  1
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Outcomes of Universal COVID-19 Testing Following Detection of Incident Cases in 11 Long-term Care Facilities

Benjamin F Bigelow et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study evaluates the outcomes of universal COVID-19 testing following discovery of incident cases in 11 long-term care facilities in the US.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Katz reports grants from CDC, personal fees from FutureCare, grants from AHRQ, and personal fees from Roche outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

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