COVID-19 outcomes in UK centre within highest health and wealth band: a prospective cohort study

Objectives To describe the characteristics and outcomes of hospitalised patients with COVID-19 from UK in the highest decile of health and gross regional products per capita.Design Prospective cohort study.Setting Recruited all adult inpatients with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 symptoms admitted to a single Surrey centre between March and April 2020. Extensive demographic details were documented.Outcome measure COVID-19 status of alive/dead and intensive care unit (ICU) status of yes/no.Participants Patients with COVID-19 from Surrey centre UK (n=429).Results 429 adult inpatients (mean age 70±18 years; men 56.4%) were included in this study, of whom, 19.1% required admission to ICU and 31.9% died. Adverse outcomes were associated with age (OR with each decade of years: 1.78, 95% CI 1.53 to 2.11, p