key: cord-0791104-04i93cax
authors: Ferland, L.; Gomes Dias, J.; Carvalho, C.; Adlhoch, C.; Suetens, C.; Beaute, J.; Kinross, P.; Plachouras, D.; Lamb, F.; Hannila-Handelberg, T.; Fabiani, M.; Riccardo, F.; Mossong, J.; Vergison, A.; van Gageldonk-Lafeber, R.; Teirlinck, A.; Melillo, J.; Melillo, T.; Mook, P.; Pebody, R.; Coutinho Rehse, A. P.; Monnet, D. L.
title: Risk of hospitalization and risk of death for healthcare workers with COVID-19 in nine European Union/European Economic Area countries, January 2020 - January 2021
date: 2021-03-06
journal: nan
DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.01.21252651
sha: 9b3f9325aae73aa4e5e57e091dec1c2a092b6318
doc_id: 791104
cord_uid: 04i93cax

We assessed the impact of COVID-19 on healthcare workers (HCWs) from data on 2.9 million cases reported from nine countries in the EU/EEA. Compared to non-HCWs, HCWs had a higher adjusted risk of hospitalization (IRR 3.0 [95% CI 2.2-4.0]), but not death (IRR 0.9, 95% CI 0.4-2.0).

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The copyright holder for this preprint this version posted March 6, 2021. ; https://doi.org/10.1101 https://doi.org/10. /2021 ‡Presence of at least one of the following: asthma, cancer, cardiac disease, diabetes, HIV, hypertension, kidney disease, liver disease, lung disease, neuromuscular disease, obesity, pregnancy, smoking status, tuberculosis, and other/unspecified.

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Use continuous line numbering in your manuscript. ‡One country (the Netherlands) was excluded as data on hospitalizations and ICU admissions were incomplete or not reported