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Covid-19: excess all cause mortality
Covid-19: excess all cause mortality in domiciliary care
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m2751 (Published 13 July 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m2751
- Judith R Glynn, professor of infectious disease epidemiology1,
- Katherine Fielding, professor in medical statistics and epidemiology1,
- Tom Shakespeare, professor of disability research2,
- Oona Campbell, professor of epidemiology and reproductive health1
- 1Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London WC1E 7HT, UK
- 2Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- judith.glynn{at}lshtm.ac.uk
Piccininni and colleagues show the importance of using excess all cause mortality to measure the impact of covid-19.1 This approach has drawn attention to the shocking rates of covid-19 related deaths in care homes. But domiciliary care remains neglected.
In England from 10 April to 8 May, deaths of recipients of domiciliary care were 2.7 times the three year average for that period.2 From 10 April to 1 May (latest available data), deaths of care home residents were 2.8 times or 3.2 times that of …
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