The Increase in the Social Utility of the Geriatric Population Gained from the Human Health Workers during the Pandemic

Abstract

Objective: It was intended to analyze the change in social utility loss in 2020 when the pandemic showed its first shock, caused by the inter-provincial distribution of health personnel of the elderly compared to 2019 and other indicators based on this (rate of social utility, SHW, IHW, SHW/IHW per thousand elderly people). Methods: The method used in the study is the Atkinson inequality index. The data used in the application are for 2019 and 2020 at the NUTS-3 level. Health personnel data were compiled from SSI and data for the elderly population were compiled from TSI. Results: The Atkinson inequality index varied between 0.414 and 0.302 in 2019. The index value fell between 0.292 and 0.206 in 2020. Depending on the index values, while the rate of social utility varied between 69.8% to 58.6% in 2019, it increased to vary between 79.4% to 70.8% in 2020. The rate of social utility loss, on the other hand, while being varied from 41.4% to 30.2% in 2019, decreased to being varied between 20.6% to 29.2% in 2020. Conclusions: The findings show that there is a significant improvement in the social utility of the elderly from the human health workers. This serves as evidence to the situation which shows that the health policies implemented during the pandemic period, unlike many other countries, supported the access of the elderly to health services.

The ethics of COVID‐19 vaccine mandates for healthcare workers: Public health and clinical perspectives

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