Estimating excess mortality rates among US assisted living residents during pandemic

What The Study Did: The results suggest assisted living residents experienced increased mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic consistent with increases observed among nursing home residents.

Authors: Kali S. Thomas, Ph.D., of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.13411)

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