Maternal disability and emergency department use for infants
Brown HK, Lunsky Y, Fung K, Santiago-Jimenez M, Camden A, Cohen E, Ray JG, Saunders NR, Telner D, Varner CE, Vigod SN, Zwicker J, Guttmann A. JAMA Netw Open. 2025; 8(5):e258549.
Background rates of all-cause mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada to inform COVID-19 vaccine safety assessments
Background — Nursing home (NH) residents are prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination. We report monthly mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visit incidence rates (IRs) during 2010-2020 to provide context for COVID-19 vaccine safety assessments.
Methods — We observed outcomes among all NH residents in Ontario using administrative databases. IRs were calculated by month, sex, and age group. Comparisons between months were assessed using one-sample t-tests; comparisons by age and sex were assessed using chi-squared tests.
Results — From 2010 to 2019, there were 83,453 (SD: 652.4) NH residents per month, with an average of 2.3 (SD: 0.28) deaths, 3.1 (SD: 0.16) hospitalizations, and 3.6 (SD: 0.17) ED visits per 100 residents per month. From March to December 2020, mortality IRs were increased, but hospitalization and ED visit IRs were reduced (p < 0.05).
Conclusion — We identified consistent monthly mortality, hospitalization, and ED visit IRs during 2010-2019. Marked differences in these rates were observed during 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Sundaram M, Nasreen S, Calzavara A, He S, Chung H, Bronskill SE, Buchan SA, Tadrous M, Tanuseputro P, Wilson K, Wilson S, Kwong JC; Canadian Immunization Research Network (CIRN) investigators. Vaccine. 2021; 39(37):5265-70. Epub 2021 Jul 23.