Rate difference at 99th percentile*

Rates of health care encounters 56 days or more after a positive compared with negative PCR test result

How to read the graph

e.g.: At the 99th percentile of the per-person-year rate of each type of health care encounter, test-positive males had an additional 8.69 days in hospital per-person-year than their matched test-negative counterparts, whereas the decrease in home care visits was even greater at the 99th percentile (–27.31).

*All comparisons are for test-positive versus test-negative people after matching. 99th percentiles of health care use are not additive.
Chart: Deena Zaidi/CTVNews.ca Source: Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)