Age Is Just a Number: A Critically Important Number for COVID-19 Case Fatality.
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7326/M20-4048 and PMC identifier 7392145.
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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.
Medical subject headings
- Betacoronavirus
- Coronavirus Infections
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral