Stroke Hospitalizations Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States

Stroke. 2021 Nov;52(11):3586-3601. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034562. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Authors

Quanhe Yang¹, Xin Tong¹, Sallyann Coleman King¹, Benjamin S Olivari², Robert K Merritt¹

Affiliations

¹ Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (Q.Y., X.T., S.C.K., R.K.M.), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
² Division of Population Health (B.S.O.), National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.

Abstract

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Keywords: COVID-19; Medicare; United States; hospitalization; pandemic.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
COVID-19*
Female
Hospitalization / trends*
Humans
Male
Medicare
SARS-CoV-2
Sex Factors
Stroke / epidemiology*
United States / epidemiology