COVID-19 Test Result Turnaround Time for Residents and Staff in US Nursing Homes

Brian E McGarry; Gillian K SteelFisher; David C Grabowski; Michael L Barnett

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7330

COVID-19 Test Result Turnaround Time for Residents and Staff in US Nursing Homes

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Apr 1;181(4):556-559. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7330.

Authors

Brian E McGarry¹, Gillian K SteelFisher², David C Grabowski³, Michael L Barnett^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics and Aging, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester in Rochester, New York.
² Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines trends in test result turnaround rates for COVID-19 testing nursing facility residents and staff in hot spot counties in the US.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

COVID-19 / diagnosis*
COVID-19 Testing*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Humans
Nursing Homes*
Time Factors
United States

Grants and funding

K23 AG058806/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States