Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization metrics that do not account for disease severity underestimate protection provided by severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination and boosting: A retrospective cohort study

June K Corrigan; Jennifer La; Nathanael R Fillmore; Nhan V Do; Mary Brophy; Shira Doron; Paul A Monach; Westyn Branch-Elliman

doi:10.1017/ice.2022.79

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) hospitalization metrics that do not account for disease severity underestimate protection provided by severe acute respiratory coronavirus virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccination and boosting: A retrospective cohort study

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2023 Jan;44(1):149-151. doi: 10.1017/ice.2022.79. Epub 2022 May 23.

Authors

June K Corrigan^#¹, Jennifer La^#¹, Nathanael R Fillmore^{1

2

3

4}, Nhan V Do^{1

2

5}, Mary Brophy^{1

2

5}, Shira Doron⁶, Paul A Monach^#^{1

2

4}, Westyn Branch-Elliman^#^{2

4

7}

Affiliations

¹ Veterans' Affairs (VA) Boston Cooperative Studies Program, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁵ Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁶ Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁷ VA Boston Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Boston, Massachusetts.

^# Contributed equally.

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

COVID-19* / prevention & control
Hospitalization
Humans
Patient Acuity
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Vaccination
Virus Diseases*