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Psychiatric illness may pose an additional risk of death for older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Older adults in the community versus institutions might be influenced by the pandemic differently.… Click to show full abstract
Psychiatric illness may pose an additional risk of death for older adults during the COVID‐19 pandemic. Older adults in the community versus institutions might be influenced by the pandemic differently. This study examines excess deaths during the COVID‐19 pandemic among Medicare beneficiaries with and without psychiatric diagnoses (depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia) in the community versus nursing homes.
Keywords:
among medicare;
community;
deaths covid;
excess deaths;
medicare beneficiaries;
community versus
Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2022
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