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Brief Report

Mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients was associated with the COVID-19 admission rate during the first year of the pandemic in Sweden

Kristoffer Strålina Department of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;b Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden;c Infectious Diseases Section, National Programme for Evidence-based Healthcare Management: Sweden's Regions in Collaboration, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Erik Wahlströmd Department of Registers and Statistics, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Sten Walthere Swedish Intensive Care Register, Värmland County Council, Karlstad, Sweden;f Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Heart Centre, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden;g Department of Health, Medicine, and Caring Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, SwedenView further author information
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Anna M. Bennet-Barkd Department of Registers and Statistics, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Mona Heurgrend Department of Registers and Statistics, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Thomas Lindénh Department for Knowledge-Based Policy of Health Care, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Johanna Holmd Department of Registers and Statistics, National Board of Health and Welfare, Stockholm, SwedenView further author information
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Håkan Hanbergeri Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Division of Inflammation and Infection, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden;j Department of Infectious Diseases, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 145-151 | Received 23 Aug 2021, Accepted 16 Sep 2021, Published online: 06 Oct 2021

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