The presence of care homes and excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Italy.
Health Econ
; 30(7): 1703-1710, 2021 07.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1196377
ABSTRACT
This paper explores the relationship between the spatial distribution of excess deaths and the presence of care home facilities during the first wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in Italy. Using registry-based mortality data for Lombardy, one of the areas most severely hit by the pandemic we show that the presence of a care home in a municipality is associated with significantly higher excess death rates in the population. This effect appears to be driven by excess mortality in the elderly population of 70 years old and older. Our results are robust to controlling for the number of residents in each care home, suggesting that the presence of such facilities may have acted as one of factors contributing to the diffusion of COVID-19 at the local level.
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Full text:
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Registries
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Coronavirus Infections
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COVID-19
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Nursing Homes
Type of study:
Observational study
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Prognostic study
Limits:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Health Econ
Journal subject:
Health Services
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Hec.4277
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