2022
DOI: 10.1177/00333549221128301
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Using Geocoding to Identify COVID-19 Outbreaks in Congregate Residential Settings: San Francisco’s Outbreak Response in Single-Room Occupancy Hotels

Abstract: More than 500 single-room occupancy hotels (SROs), a type of low-cost congregate housing with shared bathrooms and kitchens, are available in San Francisco. SRO residents include essential workers, people with disabilities, and multigenerational immigrant families. In March 2020, with increasing concerns about the potential for rapid transmission of COVID-19 among a population with disproportionate rates of comorbidity, poor access to care, and inability to self-isolate, the San Francisco Department of Public … Show more

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“…10,11 SFDPH also used address-matched geocoding to rapidly detect new COVID-19 cases in SNFs and other congregate housing settings with shared spaces, which triggered response testing events. 12 By May 2022, SNF residents composed 1% of all COVID-19 cases and 18% of all COVID-19–related deaths in San Francisco.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…10,11 SFDPH also used address-matched geocoding to rapidly detect new COVID-19 cases in SNFs and other congregate housing settings with shared spaces, which triggered response testing events. 12 By May 2022, SNF residents composed 1% of all COVID-19 cases and 18% of all COVID-19–related deaths in San Francisco.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…10,11 SFDPH also used address-matched geocoding to rapidly detect new COVID-19 cases in SNFs and other congregate housing settings with shared spaces, which triggered response testing events. 12 By May 2022, SNF residents composed 1% of all COVID-19 cases and 18% of all COVID-19-related deaths in San Francisco. Following a COVID-19 outbreak of more than 100 people in a homeless shelter in April 2020, shelter occupancy was reduced to a capacity level of 30% to 40%, beds were spaced >6-feet apart, and people with COVID-19 comorbidities were transferred to hotels.…”
Section: Strategy 1: Aggressive Mitigation Measures To Protect Popula...mentioning
confidence: 99%