Factors influencing the COVID-19 daily deaths' peak across European countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purpose of this study was to determine predictors of the height of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) daily deaths' peak and time to the peak, to explain their variability across European countries.

Study design

For 34 European countries, publicly available data were collected on daily numbers of COVID-19 deaths, population size, healthcare capacity, government restrictions and their timing, tourism and change in mobility during the pandemic.

Methods

Univariate and multivariate generalised linear models using different selection algorithms (forward, backward, stepwise and genetic algorithm) were analysed with height of COVID-19 daily deaths' peak and time to the peak as dependent variables.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Jablonska K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7980183 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature