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Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020
Weinberger DM, Chen J, Cohen T, Crawford FW, Mostashari F, Olson D, Pitzer VE, Reich NG, Russi M, Simonsen L, Watkins A, Viboud C. Estimation of Excess Deaths Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States, March to May 2020. JAMA Internal Medicine 2020, 180: 1336-1344. PMID: 32609310, PMCID: PMC7330834, DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3391.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCOVID-19Excess deathsOfficial COVID-19 deathsCoronavirus disease 2019Entire US populationPublic health impactCOVID-19 diagnostic testsCOVID-19 burdenCOVID-19 deathsCause deathReported deathsMortality burdenObservational studyDisease 2019Influenza activityMAIN OUTCOMEDeath AssociatedWeekly deathsTotal deathsUS deathsMore deathsDeath recordsUS populationHealth StatisticsTest availability
2023
Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022
Lee W, Park S, Weinberger D, Olson D, Simonsen L, Grenfell B, Viboud C. Direct and indirect mortality impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, March 1, 2020 to January 1, 2022. ELife 2023, 12: e77562. PMID: 36811598, PMCID: PMC9946455, DOI: 10.7554/elife.77562.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionCause mortalityExcess mortalitySARS-CoV-2 serologyException of cancerYounger age groupsCause excess mortalityCOVID-19 pandemicExternal causesOfficial COVID-19 statisticsExcess death estimatesCause deathHeart diseaseHealth burdenMortality studyStrict interventionsExcess deathsAge groupsMortalityInfectionMortality dataGreater riseMortality impactStudy periodMortality consequences