Factors associated with deaths due to COVID-19 versus other causes: population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform
Bhaskaran K, Bacon S, Evans SJ, Bates CJ, Rentsch CT, MacKenna B, Tomlinson L, Walker AJ, Schultze A, Morton CE, Grint D, Mehrkar A, Eggo RM, Inglesby P, Douglas IJ, McDonald HI, Cockburn J, Williamson EJ, Evans D, Curtis HJ, Hulme WJ, Parry J, Hester F, Harper S, Spiegelhalter D, Smeeth L, Goldacre B. Factors associated with deaths due to COVID-19 versus other causes: population-based cohort analysis of UK primary care data and linked national death registrations within the OpenSAFELY platform. The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 2021, 6: 100109. PMID: 33997835, PMCID: PMC8106239, DOI: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-COVID deathsCOVID-19 deathsNational death registrationsPrimary care dataOpenSAFELY platformCOVID-19Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research CentrePopulation-based cohort analysisDeath registrationUK primary care dataCare dataPre-existing medical conditionsCOVID-19 mortality riskChronic liver diseaseHistory of cancerUK Medical Research CouncilHealth Data Research UKNational InstituteCOVID-19 mortalityMagnitude of associationMedical Research CouncilNon-white ethnic groupsBiomedical Research CentreCohort studyLiver disease