Journal of hospital medicine : an official publication of the Society of Hospital Medicine
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Multicenter Study
Variation in the risk of death due to COVID-19: An international multicenter cohort study of hospitalized adults.
There is wide variation in mortality among patients hospitalized with COVID-19. Whether this is related to patient or hospital factors is unknown. ⋯ There was wide variation in inpatient COVID-19 mortality across hospitals, which was largely explained by patient-level factors, such as age and severity of presenting illness. However, hospital-level factors that could have affected care, including resource availability and capacity, were not taken into account. These findings highlight potential limitations in comparing crude mortality rates across hospitals for the purposes of reporting on the quality of care.