Risk factors associated with in-hospital mortality in a US national sample of patients with COVID-19

N Rosenthal, Z Cao, J Gundrum, J Sianis… - JAMA network …, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has infected more than 8.1 million US
residents and killed more than 221 000. There is a dearth of research on epidemiology and
clinical outcomes in US patients with COVID-19. Objectives To characterize patients with
COVID-19 treated in US hospitals and to examine risk factors associated with in-hospital
mortality. Design, Setting, and Participants This cohort study was conducted using Premier
Healthcare Database, a large geographically diverse all-payer hospital administrative …