Examining excess mortality associated with the pandemic for renters threatened with eviction

JAMA

2024-02-20

(Press-News.org) About The Study: Housing instability, as measured by eviction filings, was associated with a significantly increased risk of death over the first 20 months of the COVID-19 pandemic in this study that included 282,000 renters who received an eviction filing. Eviction prevention efforts may have reduced excess mortality for renters during this period.

Authors: Nick Graetz, Ph.D., of Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jama.2023.27005)

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