Seasonal COVID-19 surge related hospital volumes and case fatality rates.
Joseph E EbingerRoy LanMatthew DriverNancy SunPatrick BottingEunice ParkTod DavisMargo B MinissianBernice ColemanRichard RiggsPamela RobertsSusan ChengPublished in: BMC infectious diseases (2022)
We observed excess mortality risk during a recent winter COVID-19 surge that was not explained by conventional risk factors or easily measurable variables, although recovered rapidly in the setting of targeted facility resources. These findings point to how complex interrelations of population- and patient-level pandemic factors can profoundly augment health system strain and drive dynamic, if short-lived, changes in outcomes.