Age Is Just a Number: A Critically Important Number for COVID-19 Case Fatality.

Fisman, David N; Greer, Amy L; Tuite, Ashleigh R · Ann Intern Med · 2020

editorial · Level V

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Abstract

In their article, Sudharsanan and colleagues show the importance of adjusting for the age distribution of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 before doing cross-country comparisons of case-fatality rates. The editorialists explore the effect of age distribution on these rates and other determinants of between-country variation in the severity of this disease.

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