CONACYT-UAM, Área de Crecimiento y Medio Ambiente, Departamento de Economía, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco, Av. San Pablo No. 180, Col. Reynosa Tamaulipas, Del. Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México C.P. 02200, México.
Departamento de Economía, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Azcapotzalco, Av. San Pablo No. 180, Col. Reynosa Tamaulipas, Del. Azcapotzalco, Ciudad de México C.P. 02200, México.
Public Health. 2022 Jun;207:28-30. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2022.03.011. Epub 2022 Mar 28.
This study aimed to identify and quantify the role that social and economic determinants play in the probability of dying from COVID-19, in the case of Mexico.
This was a cross-sectional study based on secondary data.
In this study, COVID-19 contagion and mortality data were used, as well as socio-economic variables, from public databases and open access, with which an econometric model was estimated.
It shows that the number of deaths can rise when variables related to vulnerable groups increase, such as poverty, lack of services, gender, and age. In addition, having pre-existing medical conditions or lacking access to water can be a significant factor in the increase in deaths.
Therefore, this study suggests more policies be developed for vulnerable groups to reduce gaps in inequality, particularly given the current situation in which greater inequality can exacerbate the impact of a disease or an unforeseen situation, as is the case of COVID-19.
本研究旨在确定和量化社会经济决定因素在墨西哥 COVID-19 死亡率中的作用。
这是一项基于二手数据的横断面研究。
本研究使用了 COVID-19 感染和死亡率数据以及公共数据库和开放获取的社会经济变量,利用这些数据估计了一个计量经济学模型。
结果表明,当弱势群体相关变量(如贫困、缺乏服务、性别和年龄)增加时,死亡人数可能会上升。此外,患有先前存在的医疗条件或缺乏用水可能是导致死亡人数增加的一个重要因素。
因此,本研究建议为弱势群体制定更多政策,以减少不平等差距,特别是考虑到目前的情况,不平等程度的增加可能会加剧疾病或意外情况的影响,就像 COVID-19 一样。