论文标题
长期护理设施是Covid-19引起的死亡的危险因素
Long-Term Care Facilities as a Risk Factor for Death Due to COVID-19
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论文摘要
长期护理设施的居民中，Covid-19的死亡人数很大。这种现象有两个可能的原因。首先，这种环境的结构特征可能导致死亡。另外，这些设施中的个人的健康状况可能比居住在其他地方的人还要差，即使他们不在这些设施中，这些人也会死亡。我们的发现表明，控制人口密度和人口中老年人的百分比，人均长期护理床的数量与199号死亡率之间存在显着正相关。这一发现提供了支持的主张，即长期护理生活安排（老年人）是Covid-19死亡的重要危险因素。
A large percentage of the deaths from COVID-19 occur among residents of long-term care facilities. There are two possible reasons for this phenomenon. First, the structural features of such settings may lead to death. Alternatively, it is possible that individuals in these facilities are in poorer health than those living elsewhere, and that these individuals would have died even if they had not been in these facilities. Our findings show that, controlling for the population density and the percentage of older adults in the population, there is a significant positive association between the number of long-term care beds per capita and COVID-19 mortality rates. This finding provides support for the claim that long-term care living arrangements (of older people) are a significant risk factor for dying from COVID-19.
