Seasonal COVID-19 surge related hospital volumes and case fatality rates

• Published in: BMC infectious diseases Vol. 22; no. 1; p. 178
• Main Authors: Ebinger, Joseph E, Lan, Roy, Driver, Matthew, Sun, Nancy, Botting, Patrick, Park, Eunice, Davis, Tod, Minissian, Margo B, Coleman, Bernice, Riggs, Richard, Roberts, Pamela, Cheng, Susan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 23.02.2022; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Case fatality; COVID-19; Epidemics; Female; Hospital Mortality; Hospital utilization; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Retrospective Studies; SARS-CoV-2; Seasons; Social aspects; Statistics; Surge; United States; United States; COVID-19; Case fatality; Surge

Seasonal and regional surges in COVID-19 have imposed substantial strain on healthcare systems. Whereas sharp inclines in hospital volume were accompanied by overt increases in case fatality rates during the very early phases of the pandemic, the relative impact during later phases of the pandemic a...