Deconstructing improvements and hospital variation in COVID-19 mortality rates during the early pandemic wave: the effects of wave evolution and advances in testing, treatment, and hospital care quality

Chanu Rhee

doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013809

Deconstructing improvements and hospital variation in COVID-19 mortality rates during the early pandemic wave: the effects of wave evolution and advances in testing, treatment, and hospital care quality

Chanu Rhee

Open Access

https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013809

Copy DOI

Journal: BMJ Quality & Safety	Publication Date: Aug 5, 2021
License type: covid-19-tdm

Affiliation: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Harvard University

#Nasopharyngeal Sampling #Negative Percent Agreement + Show 8 more

Abstract
Full-Text PDF
Similar Papers

Abstract

<h3>Background</h3> In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended two SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow antigen detecting rapid diagnostics tests (Ag-RDTs), both initially with nasopharyngeal (NP) sample collection. Independent head-to-head studies demonstrated...

Full Text