Risk of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) acquisition among emergency department patients: A retrospective case control study

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 105 - 107
• Main Authors: Ridgway, Jessica P., Robicsek, Ari A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Cambridge University Press 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Case-Control Studies; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; COVID-19 - epidemiology; COVID-19 - prevention & control; COVID-19 - transmission; Disease transmission; Disease Transmission, Infectious - prevention & control; Disease Transmission, Infectious - statistics & numerical data; Emergency medical care; Emergency medical services; Emergency Service, Hospital - statistics & numerical data; Emergency Service, Hospital - trends; Ethnicity; Female; Hispanic people; Hospitals; Humans; Infection Control - organization & administration; Male; Middle Aged; Pandemics; Patients; Postal codes; Protective equipment; Research Brief; Risk Assessment - methods; Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data; Risk Management - organization & administration; SARS-CoV-2 - isolation & purification; SARS-CoV-2 - pathogenicity; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; United States - epidemiology; United States; United States > US

Comparison of Cases and Controls in Bivariate and Multivariate Analyses Characteristic Cases (N=102), Mean (SD) or No. (%) Controls (N=201), Mean (SD) or No. (%) P Value aOR in Multivariate Model (95% CI) Age, y (SD) 46.4 (22.7) 52.2 (21.1) .026 1.00 (0.99–1.02) Race/Ethnicity Black 4 (3.9) 10 (5.0)...