The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) is used to stratify community need for support during disasters. We evaluated relationships between the SVI and personal protective equipment shortages, COVID-19 caseload, and mortality rates in skilled nursing facilities (SNFs). In SVI quartile 4, personal protective equipment shortages were 2.3 times those in SNFs in quartile 1; COVID-19 case loads were 1.6 times those of SNFs in quartile 1; and mortality rates in were 1.9 times those of SNFs in SVI quartile 1.
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【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Personal protective equipment, vulnerability, Community, mortality rate, Support, index, COVID-19 case, quartile, evaluated, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, Personal protective equipment, pandemic, Mortality,
【초록키워드】 COVID-19, Personal protective equipment, vulnerability, Community, mortality rate, Support, index, COVID-19 case, quartile, evaluated, 【제목키워드】 COVID-19, coronavirus disease, Personal protective equipment, pandemic, Mortality,