Temporal trends in hospitalizations and 30-day mortality in older patients during the COVID pandemic from March 2020 to July 2021

• Sara Garcia-Ptacek ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sara Garcia-Ptacek, Hong Xu

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sara.garcia-ptacek@ki.se (SG-P); hong.xu.2@ki.se (HX)

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Hong Xu ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Sara Garcia-Ptacek, Hong Xu

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: sara.garcia-ptacek@ki.se (SG-P); hong.xu.2@ki.se (HX)

  Affiliation Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7266-3431

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• Martin Annetorp,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Viktoria Bäck Jerlardtz,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Jakobsbergsgeriatriken, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Tommy Cederholm,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Malin Engström,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Sabbatsbergsgeriatriken, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Miia Kivipelto,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Lars Göran Lundberg,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Dalengeriatriken Aleris Närsjukvård AB, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Carina Metzner,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Maria Olsson,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Geriatric Medicine, Capio Geriatrik Löwet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Capio Geriatrik Sollentuna, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Josefina Skogö Nyvang,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Capio Geriatrik Nacka AB, Nacka, Sweden

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• Carina Sühl Öberg,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Handengeriatriken, Aleris Närsjukvård AB, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Elisabet Åkesson,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Division of Neurogeriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, R&D Unit, Stockholms Sjukhem, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Dorota Religa,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Maria Eriksdotter

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Neurobiology, Division of Clinical Geriatrics, Karolinska Institutet, Care Sciences and Society, Stockholm, Sweden, Theme Inflammation and Aging, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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