Social, Economic, and Regional Determinants of Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in Brazil.

ABSTRACT: On May 10, 2021, Brazil ranked second in the world in COVID-19 deaths. Understanding risk factors, or social and ethnic inequality in health care according to a given city population and political or economic weakness is of paramount importance. Brazil had a seriousness COVID-19 outbreak in light of social and economic factors and its complex racial demographics. The objective of this study was to verify the odds of mortality of hospitalized patients during COVID-19 infection based on their economic, social, and epidemiological characteristics. We found that odds of death are greater among patients with comorbidities, neurological (1.99) and renal diseases (1.97), and immunodeficiency disorders (1.69). While the relative income (2.45) indicates that social factors have greater influence on

SUBMITTER: Rodrigues W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9008306 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature