The Value of Medical Chart Reviews: A Methodological Approach to Supplement Mortality Data During Pandemic Outbreaks.

Elizabeth M Boos, Maxwell Holtmann, Jack DeHovitz, James M Tesoriero, Redd Driver, Charles J Gonzalez

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Article in Open forum infectious diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

Mortality and Causes of Death among Older Inpatients with Non-Severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 during the Omicron Era: A Retrospective Cohort Study in a Community Hospital.JMA journal · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Elizabeth M BoosAIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3908-4136

Maxwell HoltmannDownstate Health Sciences University, State University of New York, Brooklyn, New York, USA.

Jack DeHovitzCenter for Collaborative HIV Research in Practice and Policy, University at Albany School of Public Health, State University of New York, Rensselaer, New York, USA.

James M TesorieroAIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.

Redd DriverAIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.

Charles J GonzalezAIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Administrative data may provide incomplete understanding of pandemic disease impact. Medical record review-based assessments of COVID-19-related causes of death were conducted among people with diagnosed HIV in New York State, which identified more COVID-19-related causes of death than Vital Statistics, thereby offering a deeper understanding of the pandemic's impact on this population.

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PMID39371368

DOI10.1093/ofid/ofae543

PMCPMC11452799

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