A Comparison of COVID-19 Mortality Rates Among Long-Term Care Residents in 12 OECD Countries

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¹ National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Toronto, ON, Canada; Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: samir.sinha@sinaihealthsystem.ca.

Edgardo R Sepulveda et al. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;21(11):1572-1574.e3.

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2020.08.039. Epub 2020 Sep 12.

¹ National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
² National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Toronto, ON, Canada; Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; Women's College Research Institute, Women's College Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ National Institute on Ageing, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada; Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Sinai Health System and the University Health Network, Toronto, Canada; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Electronic address: samir.sinha@sinaihealthsystem.ca.

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