Excess deaths from March 2020 to December 2021 among US physicians JAMAInternalMed StanfordMed USC physicians health covid coronavirus COVID19
By Pooja Toshniwal PahariaFeb 9 2023Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. In a recent research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine, researchers evaluated excess coronavirus disease 2019 -associated deaths between March 2020 and December 2021 among physicians in the United States .
American medical association data, comprising the Masterfile and the deceased physicians’ file, were fit into quasi-Poisson-type models, considering long-term patterns, and annual seasonality, to evaluate month-wise COVID-19-associated deaths between January of 2016 and February of 2020 for US physicians aged between 45 years and 84 years.
Across ages, US physicians had considerably lower excessive deaths than the US population, and active US physicians had fewer excessive deaths than non-active physicians despite their greater risk of being infected with SARS-CoV-2. The findings indicated that SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations, personal protective equipment usage, sufficient staffing, infection control strategies, and other COVID-19 mitigation measures effectively prevented excess deaths associated with SARS-CoV-2 infections. Additionally, the greater number of excess deaths among older-aged active US physicians who provided direct care to patients indicates that healthcare policies must prioritize COVID-19-associated mortality risk mitigation in the group.
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