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COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors
Demographic, health, and socioeconomic factors significantly inform COVID-19 outcomes. This article analyzes the association of these factors and outcomes in Chile during the first five months of the pandemic. Using the municipalities Metropolitan Region’s municipalities as the unit of analysis, the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8101927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33956827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250707 |
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author | Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo Castillo, Claudio de la Fuente, Felipe Maddaleno, Matilde |
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description | Demographic, health, and socioeconomic factors significantly inform COVID-19 outcomes. This article analyzes the association of these factors and outcomes in Chile during the first five months of the pandemic. Using the municipalities Metropolitan Region’s municipalities as the unit of analysis, the study looks at the role of time dynamics, space, and place in cases and deaths over a 100-day period between March and July 2020. As a result, common and idiosyncratic elements explain the prevalence and dynamics of infections and mortality. Social determinants of health, particularly multidimensional poverty index and use of public transportation play an important role in explaining differences in outcomes. The article contributes to the understanding of the determinants of COVID-19 highlighting the need to consider time-space dynamics and social determinants as key in the analysis. Structural factors are important to identify at-risk populations and to select policy strategies to prevent and mitigate the effects of COVID-19. The results are especially relevant for similar research in unequal settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-81019272021-05-17 COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo Castillo, Claudio de la Fuente, Felipe Maddaleno, Matilde PLoS One Research Article Demographic, health, and socioeconomic factors significantly inform COVID-19 outcomes. This article analyzes the association of these factors and outcomes in Chile during the first five months of the pandemic. Using the municipalities Metropolitan Region’s municipalities as the unit of analysis, the study looks at the role of time dynamics, space, and place in cases and deaths over a 100-day period between March and July 2020. As a result, common and idiosyncratic elements explain the prevalence and dynamics of infections and mortality. Social determinants of health, particularly multidimensional poverty index and use of public transportation play an important role in explaining differences in outcomes. The article contributes to the understanding of the determinants of COVID-19 highlighting the need to consider time-space dynamics and social determinants as key in the analysis. Structural factors are important to identify at-risk populations and to select policy strategies to prevent and mitigate the effects of COVID-19. The results are especially relevant for similar research in unequal settings. Public Library of Science 2021-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC8101927/ /pubmed/33956827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250707 Text en © 2021 Villalobos Dintrans et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo Castillo, Claudio de la Fuente, Felipe Maddaleno, Matilde COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors |
title | COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors |
title_full | COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors |
title_short | COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors |
title_sort | covid-19 incidence and mortality in the metropolitan region, chile: time, space, and structural factors |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8101927/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33956827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0250707 |
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