Structural Characteristics of Residential Care Homes for Elderly and COVID-19 Infection and Mortality Risks: Evidence from Sweden

• In Event: COVID-19 and Public Policy

Brief Overview

This paper uses high quality register data to examine the link between structural characteristics of care homes — ownership, staffing and size — and the risk of becoming infected and dying from COVID-19 in Swedish elder care homes during 2020.

Authors

• Rasmus Broms, University of Gothenburg

• Carl Dahlström, University of Gothenburg

• Jenna Najar, University of Gothenburg

• Marina Nistotskaya, University of Gothenburg