Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand

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Main Author: Mendes, Jorge M.
Publication Date: 2022
Other Authors: Baptista, Helena, Oliveira, André, Jardim, Bruno, Neto, Miguel de Castro
Format: Article
Language: eng
Source: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
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Summary: Mendes, J. M., Baptista, H., Oliveira, A., Jardim, B., & De Castro Neto, M. (2022). Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-12. [7356]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11376-5 -------------------------------- This research was supported by project Data4Covid19 (project ID: 62821), funded by the European Regional Development Fund, through the Operational Competitiveness Programme—COMPETE 2020, in the framework of 15/SI/2020—R&D Companies and Testing and Optimization Infrastructures (COVID-19). The authors acknowledge the editors and reviewers, whose comments and suggestions helped to improve the presentation of the paper.
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spelling Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demandComorbidityDelivery of Health CareHospitalizationHumansInfantPandemicsCOVID-19EpidemiologyGeneralSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingMendes, J. M., Baptista, H., Oliveira, A., Jardim, B., & De Castro Neto, M. (2022). Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-12. [7356]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11376-5 -------------------------------- This research was supported by project Data4Covid19 (project ID: 62821), funded by the European Regional Development Fund, through the Operational Competitiveness Programme—COMPETE 2020, in the framework of 15/SI/2020—R&D Companies and Testing and Optimization Infrastructures (COVID-19). The authors acknowledge the editors and reviewers, whose comments and suggestions helped to improve the presentation of the paper.This paper explores the associations between sex, age and hospital health care pressure in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Portuguese mainland municipalities. To represent the impact of sex and age, we calculated COVID-19 standardised incidence ratios (SIR) in Portuguese mainland municipalities over fourteen months daily, especially focusing on the Porto metropolitan area. A daily novel indicator was devised for hospital health care pressure, consisting of an approximation to the ratio of hospitalisations per available hospital medical doctor (HPI). In addition, 14-day incidence rates were also calculated daily (DIR14), both as an approach and an alternative to the current national pandemic surveillance indicator (which is not calculated with such regularity). Daily maps were first visualised to evaluate spatial patterns. Pearson's correlation coefficients were then calculated between each proposed surveillance indicator (SIR and DIR14) and the HPI. Our results suggest that hospital pressure is not strongly associated with SIR (r = 0.34, p value = 0.08). However, DIR14 bears a stronger correlation with hospital pressure (r = 0.84, p value < 0.001). By establishing the importance of tackling sex and age through the inclusion of these factors explicitly in an epidemiological monitoring indicator, and assessing its relationship with a hospital pressure indicator, our findings have public policy implications that could improve COVID-19 incidence surveillance in Portugal and elsewhere, contributing to advancing the management of potential pandemics in the near future, with a particular focus on local and regional territorial scales.NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)Information Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management SchoolRUNMendes, Jorge M.Baptista, HelenaOliveira, AndréJardim, BrunoNeto, Miguel de Castro2022-05-10T22:47:31Z2022-12-012022-12-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article12application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/137727eng2045-2322PURE: 43812425https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11376-5info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T05:15:11Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/137727Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:48:53.012815Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
title Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
spellingShingle Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
Mendes, Jorge M.
Comorbidity
Delivery of Health Care
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Pandemics
COVID-19
Epidemiology
General
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
title_short Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
title_full Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
title_fullStr Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
title_full_unstemmed Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
title_sort Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand
author Mendes, Jorge M.
author_facet Mendes, Jorge M.
Baptista, Helena
Oliveira, André
Jardim, Bruno
Neto, Miguel de Castro
author_role author
author2 Baptista, Helena
Oliveira, André
Jardim, Bruno
Neto, Miguel de Castro
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS)
Information Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management School
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Mendes, Jorge M.
Baptista, Helena
Oliveira, André
Jardim, Bruno
Neto, Miguel de Castro
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Comorbidity
Delivery of Health Care
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Pandemics
COVID-19
Epidemiology
General
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
topic Comorbidity
Delivery of Health Care
Hospitalization
Humans
Infant
Pandemics
COVID-19
Epidemiology
General
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
description Mendes, J. M., Baptista, H., Oliveira, A., Jardim, B., & De Castro Neto, M. (2022). Beyond comorbidities, sex and age have no effect on COVID-19 health care demand. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-12. [7356]. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11376-5 -------------------------------- This research was supported by project Data4Covid19 (project ID: 62821), funded by the European Regional Development Fund, through the Operational Competitiveness Programme—COMPETE 2020, in the framework of 15/SI/2020—R&D Companies and Testing and Optimization Infrastructures (COVID-19). The authors acknowledge the editors and reviewers, whose comments and suggestions helped to improve the presentation of the paper.
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