Who is dying from COVID-19 and when? An Analysis of fatalities in Tamil Nadu, India
Author(s) -
Edwin Sam Asirvatham,
Charishma Jones Sarman,
Sakthivel P. Saravanamurthy,
Periasamy Mahalingam,
Swarna Maduraipandian,
Lakshmanan Jeyaseelan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
clinical epidemiology and global health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.361
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 2452-0918
pISSN - 2213-3984
DOI - 10.1016/j.cegh.2020.09.010
Subject(s) - medicine , covid-19 , public health , population , demography , tamil , psychological intervention , diabetes mellitus , mortality rate , confidence interval , pediatrics , emergency medicine , environmental health , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , psychiatry , linguistics , philosophy , nursing , sociology , endocrinology
As the number of COVID-19 cases continues to rise, public health efforts must focus on preventing avoidable fatalities. Understanding the demographic and clinical characteristics of deceased COVID-19 patients; and estimation of time-interval between symptom onset, hospital admission and death could inform public health interventions focusing on preventing mortality due to COVID-19.
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