Measuring geographical disparities in England at the time of COVID-19: results using a composite indicator of population vulnerability.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The growth of COVID-19 infections in England raises questions about system vulnerability. Several factors that vary across geographies, such as age, existing disease prevalence, medical resource availability and deprivation, can trigger adverse effects on the National Health System during a pandemic. In this paper, we present data on these factors and combine them to create an index to show which areas are more exposed. This technique can help policy makers to moderate the impact of similar pandemics.

Design

We combine several sources of data, which describe specific risk factors linked with the outbreak of a respiratory pathogen, that could leave local areas vulnerable to the harmful consequences of large-scale outbreaks of contagious diseases. We combine these m

SUBMITTER: Nicodemo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7526277 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature