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Mass testing for discovery and control of COVID-19 outbreaks in adult social care: an observational study and cost-effectiveness analysis of 14,805 care homes in England

2024-06-07

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<h4>Introduction</h4> We retrospectively evaluated the impact of COVID-19 testing among residents and staff in social care homes in England. <h4>Methods</h4> We obtained 80 million reported polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and lateral flow device (LFD) test results, from 14,805 care homes (residents and staff) in England, conducted between October 2020 and March 2022. These testing data were then linked to care hom...

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Literature Corpus work: 0fe983c5-5168-5eef-a709-9b3de3695021
DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.06.24308563

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