Excess Mortality Among US Physicians During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Apr 1;183(4):374-376. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.6308.

Authors

Mathew V Kiang¹, Lindsey E Carlasare², Sonoo Thadaney Israni³, John J Norcini³, Junaid A B Zaman⁴, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo⁵

Affiliations

¹ Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
² American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois.
³ PRESENCE Center, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
⁴ Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles.
⁵ Editor in Chief, JAMA and the JAMA Network, Chicago, Illinois.

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This cross-sectional study examines the death rates among active and nonactive physicians aged 45 to 84 years.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Cause of Death
Humans
Mortality
Pandemics
Physicians*
SARS-CoV-2

Grants and funding

R00 DA051534/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States