2023
COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥65 Years — COVID-NET, 13 States, January–August 2023
Taylor C, Patel K, Patton M, Reingold A, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Openo K, Ryan P, Falkowski A, Bye E, Plymesser K, Spina N, Tesini B, Moran N, Sutton M, Talbot H, George A, Havers F, Team C, Team C, Kirley P, Armistead I, Yousey-Hindes K, Oosmanally N, Monroe M, Henderson J, D’Heilly P, Hancock E, Barney G, Bushey S, Billing L, Abdullah N, Schaffner W, Mendez E. COVID-19–Associated Hospitalizations Among U.S. Adults Aged ≥65 Years — COVID-NET, 13 States, January–August 2023. MMWR Morbidity And Mortality Weekly Report 2023, 72: 1089-1094. PMID: 37796744, PMCID: PMC10564325, DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7240a3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationCOVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkCOVID-19-associated hospitalization ratesHospitalization ratesAge groupsIntensive care unit admissionMultiple underlying conditionsSevere COVID-19 diseasePromote early treatmentPositive SARS-CoV-2 testSARS-CoV-2 infectionPrevent SARS-CoV-2 infectionYounger age groupsClinical characteristicsUnit admissionUnderlying conditionEarly treatmentSARS-CoV-2 testingIncreased riskSevere COVID-19-associated outcomesSevere outcomesCOVID-19 hospitalizationElevated riskCOVID-19 diseaseBivalent vaccine
2021
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021
Acosta AM, Garg S, Pham H, Whitaker M, Anglin O, O’Halloran A, Milucky J, Patel K, Taylor C, Wortham J, Chai SJ, Kirley PD, Alden NB, Kawasaki B, Meek J, Yousey-Hindes K, Anderson EJ, Openo KP, Weigel A, Monroe ML, Ryan P, Reeg L, Kohrman A, Lynfield R, Bye E, Torres S, Salazar-Sanchez Y, Muse A, Barney G, Bennett NM, Bushey S, Billing L, Shiltz E, Sutton M, Abdullah N, Talbot HK, Schaffner W, Ortega J, Price A, Fry AM, Hall A, Kim L, Havers FP. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Rates of COVID-19–Associated Hospitalization, Intensive Care Unit Admission, and In-Hospital Death in the United States From March 2020 to February 2021. JAMA Network Open 2021, 4: e2130479. PMID: 34673962, PMCID: PMC8531997, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.30479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19-associated hospitalizationIntensive care unit admissionCare unit admissionSevere COVID-19Age-adjusted ratesICU admissionHospital deathUnit admissionWhite personsPacific Islander personsLaboratory-confirmed COVID-19-associated hospitalizationsAlaska NativesCOVID-19Positive SARS-CoV-2 testCOVID-19 Associated HospitalizationsEthnic disparitiesCOVID-19-Associated Hospitalization Surveillance NetworkSARS-CoV-2 testNon-Hispanic white personsIn-Hospital DeathRate ratioCross-sectional studyNon-Hispanic American IndianEthnic minority groupsNon-Hispanic blacks