Published on in Vol 7, No 1 (2021): January

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/24502, first published .
COVID-19–Related Hospitalization Rates and Severe Outcomes Among Veterans From 5 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Hospital-Based Surveillance Study

COVID-19–Related Hospitalization Rates and Severe Outcomes Among Veterans From 5 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Hospital-Based Surveillance Study

COVID-19–Related Hospitalization Rates and Severe Outcomes Among Veterans From 5 Veterans Affairs Medical Centers: Hospital-Based Surveillance Study

Cristina V Cardemil   1, 2 , MD, MPH ;   Rebecca Dahl   1 , MPH ;   Mila M Prill   1 , MSPH ;   Jordan Cates   1 , PhD ;   Sheldon Brown   3, 4 , MD ;   Adrienne Perea   3 , BS ;   Vincent Marconi   5, 6, 7 , MD ;   LaSara Bell   5 , MS ;   Maria C Rodriguez-Barradas   8, 9 , MD ;   Gilberto Rivera-Dominguez   8, 9 , MD ;   David Beenhouwer   10, 11 , MD ;   Aleksandra Poteshkina   10 , BS ;   Mark Holodniy   12, 13, 14 , MD ;   Cynthia Lucero-Obusan   12, 13 , MD ;   Neha Balachandran   1 , MBBS, MPH ;   Aron J Hall   1 , DVM, MSPH ;   Lindsay Kim   1, 2 , MD, MPH ;   Gayle Langley   1 , MD, MPH

1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, United States

2 United States Public Health Service, Rockville, MD, United States

3 James J. Peters VA Medical Center, New York, NY, United States

4 Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai, New York, NY, United States

5 Atlanta VA Medical Center, Atlanta, GA, United States

6 Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States

7 Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

8 Infectious Diseases Section, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

9 Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, United States

10 VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, United States

11 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States

12 Public Health Surveillance and Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC, United States

13 VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, United States

14 Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States

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