TY - JOUR AU - Pettrone, Kristen AU - Burnett, Eleanor AU - Link-Gelles, Ruth AU - Haight, Sarah AU - Schrodt, Caroline AU - England, Lucinda AU - Gomes, Danica AU - Shamout, Mays AU - O’Laughlin, Kevin AU - Kimball, Anne AU - Blau, Erin AU - Ladva, Chandresh AU - Szablewski, Christine AU - Tobin-D’Angelo, Melissa AU - Oosmanally, Nadine AU - Drenzek, Cherie AU - Browning, Sean AU - Bruce, Beau AU - da Silva, Juliana AU - Gold, Jeremy A.W. AU - Jackson, Brendan AU - Morris, Sapna Bamrah AU - Natarajan, Pavithra AU - Fanfair, Robyn Neblett AU - Patel, Priti AU - Rogers-Brown, Jessica AU - Rossow, John AU - Wong, Karen AU - Murphy, David AU - Blum, James AU - Hollberg, Julie AU - Lefkove, Benjamin AU - Brown, Frank AU - Shimabukuro, Tom AU - Midgley, Claire AU - Tate, Jacqueline AU - Killerby, Marie T1 - Characteristics and Risk Factors of Hospitalized and Nonhospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, March–April 2020 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2021 VL - 27 IS - 4 SP - 1164 SN - 1080-6059 AB - We compared the characteristics of hospitalized and nonhospitalized patients who had coronavirus disease in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. We found that risk for hospitalization increased with a patient’s age and number of concurrent conditions. We also found a potential association between hospitalization and high hemoglobin A1c levels in persons with diabetes. KW - COVID-19 KW - risk factors KW - care seeking KW - symptoms KW - age KW - concurrent conditions KW - respiratory infections KW - severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 KW - coronavirus disease KW - zoonoses KW - viruses KW - coronavirus KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - Atlanta KW - Georgia KW - United States DO - 10.3201/eid2704.204709 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/4/20-4709_article ER - End of Reference