Elevated Risk of COVID-19 Infection for Hospital-Based Health Care Providers

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Olivia A Sacks, Amber E Barnato, Jonathan S Skinner, John D Birkmeyer, Annie Fowler, Nancy Birkmeyer

There have been numerous reports of SARS-CoV-2 infection among health care workers (HCWs) across the globe. However, data is lacking on risk of hospital vs. community COVID-19 exposure faced by US providers. We report COVID-19 infection rates for physicians (MDs) and advance practice providers (APPs) in hospital medicine and critical care at a national acute care medical practice between March and December 2020.

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