2023
Trends, variation, and clinical characteristics of recipients of antiviral drugs and neutralising monoclonal antibodies for covid-19 in community settings: retrospective, descriptive cohort study of 23.4 million people in OpenSAFELY
Green A, Curtis H, Higgins R, Nab L, Mahalingasivam V, Smith R, Mehrkar A, Inglesby P, Drysdale H, DeVito N, Croker R, Rentsch C, Bhaskaran K, Tazare J, Zheng B, Andrews C, Bacon S, Davy S, Dillingham I, Evans D, Fisher L, Hickman G, Hopcroft L, Hulme W, Massey J, MacDonald O, Morley J, Morton C, Park R, Walker A, Ward T, Wiedemann M, Bates C, Cockburn J, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Douglas I, Evans S, Goldacre B, Tomlinson L, MacKenna B. Trends, variation, and clinical characteristics of recipients of antiviral drugs and neutralising monoclonal antibodies for covid-19 in community settings: retrospective, descriptive cohort study of 23.4 million people in OpenSAFELY. BMJ Medicine 2023, 2: e000276. PMID: 36936265, PMCID: PMC9951378, DOI: 10.1136/bmjmed-2022-000276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDescriptive cohort studyHigh-risk groupSevere outcomesHigh riskCohort studyHome residentsRisk groupsAntiviral drugsCOVID-19Community settingsMonoclonal antibodiesCasirivimab/imdevimabLow treatment coverageNHS regionProportion of patientsCOVID-19 infectionRoutine clinical dataOpenSAFELY platformUnvaccinated patientsClinical characteristicsLiver diseaseClinical dataTreatment coverageEligibility criteriaPatients
2020
Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index
King JT, Yoon JS, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Park LS, Kidwai-Khan F, Skanderson M, Hauser RG, Jacobson DA, Erdos J, Cho K, Ramoni R, Gagnon DR, Justice AC. Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index. PLOS ONE 2020, 15: e0241825. PMID: 33175863, PMCID: PMC7657526, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0241825.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCharlson Comorbidity IndexVeterans Health AdministrationVACO IndexValidation cohortMedical administrative dataDevelopment cohortSARS-CoV-2 testing resultsMortality indexICD-10 diagnosis codesUS Veterans Health AdministrationSARS-CoV-2 infectionPre-existing medical conditionsCOVID-19 mortality riskPeripheral vascular diseaseCOVID-19 patientsCOVID-19 infectionCOVID-19 mortalitySARS-CoV-2Administrative dataLogistic regression modelsRace/ethnicityCohort subgroupsComorbidity indexOverall mortalityComorbid conditions