COVID-19 among the inhabitants of the slums in the city of Buenos Aires: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To summarise the unfolding of the COVID-19 epidemic among slum dwellers and different social strata in the city of Buenos Aires during the first 20 weeks after the first reported case.

Design

Observational study using a time-series analysis. Natural experiment in a big city.

Setting

Population of the city of Buenos Aires and the integrated health reporting system records of positive RT-PCR for COVID-19 tests.

Participants

Records from the Argentine Integrated Health Reporting System for all persons with suspected and RT-PCR-confirmed diagnosis of COVID-19 between 31 January and 14 July 2020.

Outcomes

To estimate the effects of living in a slum on the standardised incidence rate of COVID-19, corrected Poisson regression models were used. Additio

SUBMITTER: Macchia A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7818811 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature