Risk factors for excess deaths during lockdown among older users of secondary care mental health services without confirmed COVID-19: A retrospective cohort study.

Shanquan Chen Peter B Jones Benjamin R Underwood Emilio Fernandez-Egea Pei Qin Jonathan R Lewis Rudolf N Cardinal

Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2021)

During lockdown people with dementia or severe mental illness had a higher risk of death without confirmed COVID-19. These data could inform future health service responses and policymaking to help prevent avoidable excess death during future outbreaks of this or a similar infectious disease.

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