Deaths during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from regional patterns in Germany and Poland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Given the nature of the spread of SARS-CoV-2, strong regional patterns in the fatal consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic related to local characteristics such as population and health care infrastructures were to be expected. In this paper we conduct a detailed examination of the spatial correlation of deaths in the first year of the pandemic in two neighbouring countries - Germany and Poland, which, among high income countries, seem particularly different in terms of the death toll associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. The analysis aims to yield evidence that spatial patterns of mortality can provide important clues as to the reasons behind significant differences in the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in these two countries.

Methods

Based on official hea

SUBMITTER: Myck M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878483 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature