The Italian health system and the COVID-19 challenge

Armocida, Benedetta; Formenti, Beatrice; Ussai, Silvia; Palestra, Francesca; Missoni, Eduardo

doi:10.1016/s2468-2667(20)30074-8

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“…1 Moreover, COVID-19-attrributed mortality also appears to rise rapidly as the surge in the number of severe cases requiring specialised care exceed existing health system capacity. 1,2 In particular, health system constraints in terms of the number of healthcare workers, hospital beds and the availability of personal protective equipment, as well as specialised medical devices remain a global concern in the ght against COVID-19.…”

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Exploring the impact of cultural variability on COVID-19-related mortality: A meta-analytic approach

Medeiros

2020

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Deaths associated with COVID-19 shows a high degree of heterogeneity across different populations. An assessment of the global variability in COVID-19-attributable deaths is essential for predicting the health and economic impact of future outbreaks in different settings. Moreover, a comprehensive understanding of population-level predictors is also crucial for devising better-targeted and more appropriate emergency preparedness measures. While, demographic, economic and health-system capacity have featured prominently in recent work, cultural and behavioural characteristics have largely been overlooked. However, cultural differences likely shape both the public policy response and individuals’ behavioural responses to the crisis in ways that can impact infection dynamics and key health outcomes. To address this gap, we used meta-analytic methods to explore the global variability of COVID-19-attributed deaths during the first-wave of the pandemic and identified cultural/behavioural attributes (e.g., individualism, uncertainty avoidance) as independent predictors of COVID-19 fatalities after adjusting for important demographic, political, economic and health-system-related predictors.

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Exploring the impact of cultural variability on COVID-19-related mortality: A meta-analytic approach

Medeiros

2020

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“…These people need different facilities and equipment to fight the disease and help patients, and if the equipment is not regular enough, it will be difficult to get to the frontline of the fight against this virus [4]. The lack of equipment in some countries such as Iran, Italy, Spain, and even the USA has made physicians and nurses in difficult working conditions [5][6][7]. These conditions, along with the high number of patients referring to medical centers, have caused many physical and psychological problems for the medical staff [8][9][10].…”

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Letter to editor: brain awareness week, CoVID-19 infection and neurological sciences

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“…[30] In the most affected regions, the National Healthcare Service is close to collapse. [31] India was quick to active but without adequate health system or human mobility preparedness. [32] Owing to the lack of accurate data collection and tracking as well as test equipment, India faced an even more complicated challenge of controlling the pandemic.…”

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Learning From COVID-19: A Systems Approach for Public Health Governance

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2020

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The COVID-19 spread very quickly worldwide, which has resulted in a global pandemic. All countries in the world have taken measures for the purpose of preventing and controlling the epidemic. China for example, has control the spread effectively, while the Unite States, Brazil and India are still striving to cope with the increasing COVID-19 confirmed cases. The epidemic has impacted the whole world, also revealing quite a lot problems of urban health governance in different countries. This commentary reviews the pandemic response measures in selected countries such as China, Italy, America, Brail and India. On the basis of critical reflection on the problems incurred in each country's pandemic response, we further provide a theoretical framework to reconceptualise public health as multiple types of economic goods. We couple this reconceptualisation with the systems approach to urban health and wellbeing to offer new thinking on the governance of public health. Finally, we propose suggestions for better, preventative and comprehensive epidemic prevention and public health governance.

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The Italian health system and the COVID-19 challenge

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Exploring the impact of cultural variability on COVID-19-related mortality: A meta-analytic approach

Exploring the impact of cultural variability on COVID-19-related mortality: A meta-analytic approach

Letter to editor: brain awareness week, CoVID-19 infection and neurological sciences

Learning From COVID-19: A Systems Approach for Public Health Governance

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