Nursing home characteristics associated with resident COVID-19 morbidity in communities with high infection rates

What The Study Did:
Researchers examined nursing homes in communities with the highest COVID-19 prevalence to identify characteristics associated with resident infection rates.

Authors:
Hye-Young Jung, Ph.D., of Weill Cornell Medical College in New York, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.1555)

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