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Outcomes, mortality among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at US medical centers

2021-03-05
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: The objectives of this study were to examine the characteristics and outcomes among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at U.S. medical centers and analyze changes in mortality over the initial six months of the pandemic.

Authors: Ninh T. Nguyen, M.D., of the University of California, Irvine Medical Center, in Orange, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0417)

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[Press-News.org] Outcomes, mortality among adults hospitalized with COVID-19 at US medical centers