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Longitudinal trends in 30-day mortality attributable to SARS-CoV-2 among vaccinated and unvaccinated US veteran patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2023

Caitlin A. Trottier*
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Jennifer La
Affiliation:
Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Boston Cooperative Studies Program, Boston, Massachusetts
Lucy Li
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Nathanael R. Fillmore
Affiliation:
Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Boston Cooperative Studies Program, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
Paul A. Monach
Affiliation:
Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Boston Cooperative Studies Program, Boston, Massachusetts Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts Rheumatology Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts
Shira Doron
Affiliation:
Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Westyn Branch-Elliman
Affiliation:
Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Boston Cooperative Studies Program, Boston, Massachusetts Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts Infectious Diseases Section, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, Massachusetts VA Boston Center for Healthcare Organization and Implementation Research, Boston, Massachusetts
*
Corresponding author: Caitlin A. Trottier; MD, Division of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Tufts Medical Center, 800 Washington Street Biewend Building, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02111. Email: caitlin.trottier@tuftsmedicine.org

Abstract

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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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a

First authors of equal contribution.

b

Senior authors of equal contribution.

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