Excess deaths from COVID-19 among Medicare beneficiaries with psychiatric diagnoses: community versus nursing home.
Huiwen XuShuang LiHemalkumar B MehtaErin L HommelJames S GoodwinPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)
Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic were disproportionally greater in beneficiaries with psychiatric diagnoses, at least in part due to higher infection rates. Policy interventions should focus on preventing COVID-19 infections and deaths among community-dwelling patients with major psychiatric disorders in addition to those living the nursing homes.