Mortality Rates From COVID-19 Are Lower In Unionized Nursing Homes.
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Betacoronavirus
/ isolation & purification
COVID-19
Coronavirus Infections
/ mortality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Health Personnel
/ statistics & numerical data
Humans
Infection Control
/ standards
Labor Unions
/ organization & administration
New York
Nursing Homes
Pandemics
Personal Protective Equipment
/ supply & distribution
Pneumonia, Viral
/ mortality
SARS-CoV-2
United States
Journal
Health affairs (Project Hope)
ISSN: 1544-5208
Titre abrégé: Health Aff (Millwood)
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8303128
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2020
11 2020
Historique:
pubmed:
11
9
2020
medline:
28
11
2020
entrez:
10
9
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
More than 40 percent of all reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) deaths in the United States have occurred in nursing homes. As a result, health care workers' access to personal protective equipment (PPE) and infection control policies in nursing homes have received increased attention. However, it is not known whether the presence of health care worker unions in nursing homes is associated with COVID-19 mortality rates. Therefore, we used cross-sectional regression analysis to examine the association between the presence of health care worker unions and COVID-19 mortality rates in 355 nursing homes in New York State. Health care worker unions were associated with a 1.29-percentage-point reduction in mortality, which represents a 30 percent relative decrease in the COVID-19 mortality rate compared with facilities without these unions. Unions were also associated with greater access to PPE, one mechanism that may link unions to lower COVID-19 mortality rates.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32910688
doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2020.01011
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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