Open AccessExcess deaths from COVID-19 correlate with age and socio-economic status. A database study in the Stockholm region
Author(s) -
Peter Strang,
Per Fürst,
Torbjörn Schultz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
upsala journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.808
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2000-1967
pISSN - 0300-9734
DOI - 10.1080/03009734.2020.1828513
Subject(s) - medicine , pandemic , covid-19 , place of death , health care , demography , acute care , gerontology , nursing , disease , palliative care , infectious disease (medical specialty) , pathology , sociology , economics , economic growth
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the entire health care system, internationally as well as in Sweden. We aimed to study excess deaths (all death causes, but also COVID-19-related deaths) during the COVID-19 pandemic regarding age, socio-economic status, the situation in nursing homes, and place of death for nursing home residents.