Background rates of all-cause mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department visits among nursing home residents in Ontario, Canada to inform COVID-19 vaccine safety assessments

  1. Maria Sundaram
  2. Sharifa Nasreen
  3. Andrew Calzavara
  4. Siyi He
  5. Hannah Chung
  6. Susan E. Bronskill
  7. Sarah A. Buchan
  8. Mina Tadrous
  9. Peter Tanuseputro
  10. Kumanan Wilson
  11. Sarah Wilson
  12. Jeffrey C. Kwong
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Abstract

Background

Nursing home (NH) residents are prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination. We report monthly mortality, hospitalizations, and emergency department (ED) visit incidence rates (IRs) during 2010-2020 to provide context for COVID-19 vaccine safety assessments.

Methods

We observed outcomes among NH residents using administrative databases. IRs were calculated by month, sex, and age group. Comparisons between months were assessed using one-sample t-tests; comparisons by age and sex were assessed using chi-squared tests.

Results

From 2010-2019, there were 83,453 (SD: 652.4) NH residents per month, with an average of 2.3 (SD: 0.28) deaths, 3.1 (SD: 0.16) hospitalizations, and 3.6 (SD: 0.17) ED visits per 100 residents per month. From March to December 2020, mortality IRs were increased, but hospitalization and ED visit IRs were reduced (p<0.05).

Conclusion

We identified consistent monthly mortality, hospitalization, and ED visit IRs during 2010-2019. Marked differences in these rates were observed during 2020, coinciding with the COVID-19 pandemic.

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