Patient-level and hospital-level variation and related time trends in COVID-19 case fatality rates during the first pandemic wave in England: multilevel modelling analysis of routine data

Conclusions
There was modest variation in mortality following admission for COVID-19 between English hospitals after adjustment for risk and random variation, in marked contrast to early media reports. Early-period mortality did not predict late-period mortality.

Source: Quality and Safety in Health Care - March 3, 2022 Category: Health Management Authors: Bottle, A., Faitna, P., Aylin, P. P. Tags: COVID-19 Original research Source Type: research