Analysis of Country-Level Risk Factors of COVID-19 Mortality Across Countries of Asia: A Generalised Estimating Equation Approach

IF 1 Q4 HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES
N. Bam
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This research aimed to investigate the death counts from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across Asian countries by selecting 42 countries with a nonzero death count. Several studies have assessed personal-level factors that affect mortality rates in patients with COVID-19. However, the influence of country-level factors is still debatable. The results of a generalised estimating equation confirmed that the expected death counts across the countries in the middle quartile group of gross domestic product, upper quartile group of population density and lower quartile group of hospital bed count were higher than those in the countries in other quartile groups. The results further confirmed the positive association of the percentage of the population aged ≥65 years and time (day) with the death count. Visualisations and descriptive statistics showed that the death count increased over time across the Asian countries, with maximum death count occurring in the third quarter of the year 2020. These findings support the recommendation that countries with lower number of hospital beds per 1,000 persons, higher percentage of the population aged 65 years and older and middle and lower economies should take more precautions to reduce the death count from COVID-19.
亚洲各国COVID-19死亡率的国家级危险因素分析:一种广义估计方程方法
本研究旨在通过选择42个死亡人数非零的国家,调查亚洲各国的冠状病毒病(COVID-19)死亡人数。几项研究评估了影响COVID-19患者死亡率的个人层面因素。然而,国家层面因素的影响仍然值得商榷。一个广义估计方程的结果证实,国内生产总值中四分位数组、人口密度上四分位数组和医院床位数下四分位数组的国家的预期死亡人数高于其他四分位数组的国家。结果进一步证实≥65岁人口百分比和时间(日)与死亡人数呈正相关。可视化和描述性统计数据显示,亚洲国家的死亡人数随着时间的推移而增加,死亡人数最多的是2020年第三季度。这些发现支持了以下建议:每1000人的医院床位数较低、65岁及以上人口比例较高以及中低经济体的国家应采取更多预防措施,以减少COVID-19的死亡人数。
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Journal of Health Management
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