Changes in surgical mortality during COVID-19 pandemic by patients’ race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status among US older adults: a quasi-experimental event study model

By sjmartinez • February 18, 2024

Blegen MB, Rook JM, Jackson NJ, Maggard-Gibbons M, Li R, Russell MM, Russell TA, de Virgilio C, Tsugawa Y. Changes in surgical mortality during COVID-19 pandemic by patients' race, ethnicity and socioeconomic status among US older adults: a quasi-experimental event study model. BMJ Open. 2024 Feb 15;14(2):e079825. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-079825. PMID: 38365289.

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