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Research Article 2024-05-09CC BYFree full text

Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on deprivation-level differences in cardiovascular hospitalisations: A comparison of England and Denmark using the OpenSAFELY platform and National Registry Data

Ruth E Costello, Alasdair D Henderson, John Tazare, Lars Pedersen, Henrik Toft Sorensen, Jan P Vandenbroucke +19 more

ObjectivesTo examine the impact of the pandemic on deprivation-related inequalities in hospitalisations for CVD conditions in Denmark and England between March 2018 and December 2021. DesignA series of monthly cross-sectional studies separately in England and Denmark. Setting: With the approval of NHS England, we used English primary care electronic health records, linked to secondary care and death registry data…

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Research Article 2021-07-19CC BYFree full text

Overall and cause-specific hospitalisation and death after COVID-19 hospitalisation in England: cohort study in OpenSAFELY using linked primary care, secondary care and death registration data

Krishnan Bhaskaran, Christopher T Rentsch, George Hickman, William J Hulme, Anna Schultze, Helen J Curtis +26 more

BackgroundThere is concern about medium to long-term adverse outcomes following acute COVID-19, but little relevant evidence exists. We aimed to investigate whether risks of hospital admission and death, overall and by specific cause, are raised following discharge from a COVID-19 hospitalisation. Methods and FindingsWorking on behalf of NHS-England, we used linked primary care and hospital data in OpenSAFELY to c…

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