Characteristics of Hospitalized Adults With COVID-19 in an Integrated Health Care System in California
Laura C. Myers, Stephen Parodi, Gabriel J. Escobar, Vincent X. Liu
Abstract
This case series characterizes the demographics, health services use, and vital status and discharge dispositions of patients with polymerase chain reaction–confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalized in the Kaiser Permanente Northern California health system in March 2020.
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