Background Spain has been hit hard by COVID-19 since March 2020, especially in its
metropolitan areas. We share experiences from Barcelona in measuring socioeconomic …

Background: The objective of this paper is to analyze social inequalities in COVID-19
incidence, stratified by age, sex, geographical area, and income in Barcelona during the first …

Abstract Background In Belgium, current research on socio-economic inequalities in the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has mainly focused on excess mortality and …

Background To analyse differences in confirmed cases, hospitalisations and deaths due to
COVID-19 related to census section socioeconomic variables. Methods Ecological study in …

It is essential to understand the impact of social inequalities on the risk of COVID-19
infection in order to mitigate the social consequences of the pandemic. With this aim, the …

Background The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 affected urban areas. In Barcelona, six waves
of COVID-19 hit the city between March 2020 and March 2022. Inequalities in the incidence …

Background The impact of the 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has many facets. This
ecological study analysed age-standardized incidence rates by economic level in …

Corresponding author: Chiara Di Girolamo; chiara. digirolamo@ regione. emilia-romagna. it
aBStraCt oBjECtiVES: to provide a description of inequalities in overall and COVID-19 …

The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic, since its start in China in December 2019, is wreaking
havoc across the globe. The governments have scrambled with emergency measures to …

Patterns of exposure and policies aiming at reducing physical contact might have changed
the social distribution of COVID-19 incidence over the course of the pandemic. Thus, we …