The public health implications of the cost-of-living crisis: outlining mechanisms and modelling consequences

P Broadbent, R Thomson, D Kopasker… - The Lancet Regional …, 2023 - thelancet.com
The UK, and other high-income countries, are experiencing substantial increases in living
costs. Several overlapping and intersecting economic crises threaten physical and mental …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on psychological well-being of students in an Italian university: a web-based cross-sectional survey

L Villani, R Pastorino, E Molinari, F Anelli… - Globalization and …, 2021 - Springer
Background Italy was the first European country to implement a national lockdown because
of the COVID-19 pandemic. Worldwide, this pandemic had a huge impact on the mental …

Evaluation of science advice during the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden

N Brusselaers, D Steadson, K Bjorklund… - Humanities and Social …, 2022 - nature.com
Sweden was well equipped to prevent the pandemic of COVID-19 from becoming serious.
Over 280 years of collaboration between political bodies, authorities, and the scientific …

Health, psychosocial, and economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with chronic conditions in India: a mixed methods study

K Singh, D Kondal, S Mohan, S Jaganathan, M Deepa… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background People with chronic conditions are disproportionately prone to be affected by
the COVID-19 pandemic but there are limited data documenting this. We aimed to assess …

Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) indicated frailty is associated with increased in-hospital and 30-day mortality in COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Rottler, K Ocskay, Z Sipos, A Görbe, M Virág… - Annals of Intensive …, 2022 - Springer
Background The concept of frailty provides an age-independent, easy-to-use tool for risk
stratification. We aimed to summarize the evidence on the efficacy of frailty tools in risk …

Positive attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccines: A cross-country analysis

T Greyling, S Rossouw - PLoS One, 2022 - journals.plos.org
COVID-19 severely impacted world health and, as a consequence of the measures
implemented to stop the spread of the virus, also irreversibly damaged the world economy …

[PDF][PDF] Deaths induced by compassionate use of hydroxychloroquine during the first COVID-19 wave: an estimate

A Pradelle, S Mainbourg, S Provencher, E Massy… - Biomed …, 2024 - infomed.sn
Background: During the first wave of COVID-19, hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) was used off-
label despite the absence of evidence documenting its clinical benefits. Since then, a meta …

An international comparison of age and sex dependency of COVID-19 deaths in 2020: a descriptive analysis

P Bauer, J Brugger, F König, M Posch - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The number of reported coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths per 100,000 persons
observed so far in 2020 is described in 15 European countries and the USA as dependent …

What have European countries done to prevent the spread of COVID-19? Lessons from the COVID-19 Health system response monitor

S Rajan, M McKee, C Hernández-Quevedo… - Health Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Although some European countries imposed measures that successfully slowed the
transmission of Covid-19 during the first year of the pandemic, others struggled, either …

Different spreading dynamics throughout Germany during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic: a time series study based on national surveillance data

A Schuppert, K Polotzek, J Schmitt, R Busse… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic led to substantial differences in
incidence rates across Germany. Methods Assumption-free k-nearest neighbour clustering …