In-Hospital Mortality Among Hospitalized Coronavirus Disease 2019 Patients in the United States: How Did It Change in 2021?

Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2022)

In this retrospective observational study in a US national sample of 501 671 adults hospitalized with coronavirus disease 2019, adjusted in-hospital mortality decreased from 12% in February 2021 to 9% in April 2021. However, adjusted in-hospital mortality increased to 16% in September and October 2021. Adjusted intensive care unit admission fluctuated between 20% and 27% in 2021.

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