Verduri, AlessiaShort, RoxannaCarter, BenBraude, PhilipVilches-Moraga, ArturoQuinn, Terence JCollins, JemimaLumsden, JaneMcCarthy, KathrynEvans, Louis AMyint, Phyo KyawHewitt, JonathanCOPE Study Team2022-07-282022-07-282022-10Verduri, A, Short, R, Carter, B, Braude, P, Vilches-Moraga, A, Quinn, T J, Collins, J, Lumsden, J, McCarthy, K, Evans, L A, Myint, P K, Hewitt, J & COPE Study Team 2022, 'Comparison between first and second wave of COVID-19 outbreak in older people : The COPE multicentre European observational cohort study', European Journal of Public Health, vol. 32, no. 5, pp. 807–812. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac1081101-1262ORCID: /0000-0003-3852-6158/work/163198541https://hdl.handle.net/2164/18960Funding This study received no specific funding. The work was partially supported through the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King's College London (BC). Acknowledgments Contributions of authors All authors contributed to the interpretation of results and in making an important intellectual contribution to the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. JH conceived the concept of the study. BC managed the project, AV did the literature review. BC and RS did data analysis and interpreted the findings and RS did statistical analysis and graphics. AV, BC, JH, RS wrote the first draft of the manuscript. All authors approved the final manuscript. JH is the guarantor of the study.6413021engCOVID-19frailtyolder patientsmortality ratepredictors of deathR MedicineSupplementary DataRJournal article10.1093/eurpub/ckac108325