physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Complications
- excess deaths among U.S. physicians 45-84 years of age from March 2020 through December 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic
- among 786,000 physicians 4511 deaths, 622 more than expected
- 10 excess deaths per 100,000 person-years in physicians 45-64 years of age
- 182 excess deaths per 100,000 person-years in physicians 75-84 years of age
- nonactive physicians with highest excess deaths per 100,000 person-years = 140 deaths
- actively practicing physicians providing direct patient care = 27 deaths
- physicians not providing direct patient care = 22 deaths
- comparative deaths in general population = 294 deaths
- excess deaths peaked during December 2020, then declined & disappeared by April 2021[1]
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- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 Kiang MV et al. Excess mortality among US physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Intern Med 2023 Feb 6; [e-pub]. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36745424 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2800889