King JT Jr, Yoon JS, Rentsch CT, Tate JP, Park LS, Kidwai-Khan F, Skanderson M, Hauser RG, Jacobson DA, Erdos J, Cho K, Ramoni R, Gagnon DR, Justice AC. Development and validation of a 30-day mortality index based on pre-existing medical administrative data from 13,323 COVID-19 patients: The Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (VACO) Index. PLoS One. 2020 Nov 11;15(11):e0241825.

King JT, Yoon JS, Bredl ZM, et al. Accuracy of the Veterans Health Administration COVID-19 (Vaco) Index for predicting short-term mortality among 1,307 Yale New Haven Hospital inpatients and 427,224 Medicare patients. medRxiv. Published online January 4, 2021:2021.01.01.20249069.

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For Patients: VACO Index COVID-19 Mortality Risk

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<p>For use by non-clinicians. Calculate your or a loved one's risk of dying within 30 days of contracting COVID-19. See risk visualization in results for more info.</p>

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The patient-facing version of the VACO Index for COVID-19 Mortality estimates risk of 30-day mortality after COVID-19 infection using pre-COVID health status.

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