COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors.

ABSTRACT: 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 highlighti

SUBMITTER: Villalobos Dintrans P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8101927 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature