Ma Huiting, Chan Adrienne K, Baral Stefan D, Fahim Christine, Straus Sharon, Sander Beate, Mishra Sharmistha
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Division of Infectious Diseases, Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2022 Dec 23;10(1):ofac690. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac690. eCollection 2023 Jan.
Person-level surveillance (N = 14 million) and neighborhood-level income data were used to explore magnitude of inequalities in COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths over 5 waves in Ontario, Canada. Despite attempts at equity-informed policies alongside fluctuating levels of public health measures, the magnitude of inequalities in hospitalizations and deaths remained unchanged across waves.
利用个人层面的监测数据(1400万例)和社区层面的收入数据,对加拿大安大略省五轮新冠疫情期间新冠病毒感染住院和死亡方面的不平等程度进行了探究。尽管在公平导向政策的同时采取了波动水平的公共卫生措施,但住院和死亡方面的不平等程度在各轮疫情中保持不变。