Covid-19 Testing, Hospital Admission, and Intensive Care Among 2,026,227 United States Veterans Aged 54-75 Years.

Christopher T RentschFarah Kidwai-KhanJanet P TateLesley S Park Joseph T KingMelissa SkandersonRonald G HauserAnna Schultze Christopher I Jarvis Mark HolodniyVincent Lo ReKathleen M AkgunKristina CrothersTamar H TaddeiMatthew S FreibergAmy C Justice

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2020)

Black race was strongly associated with Covid-19+, but not with hospitalization or intensive care. Among Covid-19+, risk of hospitalization and intensive care may be better characterized by laboratory measures and vital signs than by comorbid conditions or prior medication exposure.

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