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. 2021 Jul-Oct;33(4-5):414-430.
doi: 10.1080/08959420.2020.1824542. Epub 2020 Oct 11.

Prevalence of COVID-19 in Ohio Nursing Homes: What's Quality Got to Do with It?

John Bowblis  1   2 , Robert Applebaum  3
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Prevalence of COVID-19 in Ohio Nursing Homes: What's Quality Got to Do with It?

John Bowblis et al. J Aging Soc Policy. 2021 Jul-Oct.

Abstract

With nursing homes being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to know whether facilities that have any cases, or those with particularly high caseloads, are different from nursing homes that do not have any reported cases. Our analysis found that through mid-June, just under one-third of nursing homes in Ohio had at least one resident with COVID-19, with over 82% of all cases in the state coming from 37% of nursing homes. Overall findings on the association between facility quality and the prevalence of COVID-19 showed that having any resident case of the virus or even having a high caseload of residents with the virus is not more likely in nursing homes with lower quality ratings.

Keywords: COVID-19; Nursing homes; Ohio; quality.

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