Covid-19, Diagnostic History and Mortality from Medicare 1999-2021, In an All-Cause Mortality Approach

Abstract

SARS-CoV-2 infections co-occurred with other diverse pre-existing clinical conditions in mortality cases. We use encounter level health data to evaluate the impact of non-Covid-19 diagnostic events on allcause mortality observed among Covid-19 positive cases billing Medicare. We further investigate prior diagnostic codes which occur in pre-pandemic study years among cases presenting to Medicare clinically with Covid-19 and cases with Covid-19 who experience all-cause mortality to inform patient population management.