ReviewEuropean geriatric medicine2021
Unmet needs, health policies, and actions during the COVID-19 pandemic: a report from six European countries.
Review in European geriatric medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT04756479 (Predictors of Intrahospital Mortality in Older Patients Admitted Due to COVID-19 in the COVID-19 AGEBRU Study), which is not on this map. Cited by 46 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Predictors of Intrahospital Mortality in Older Patients Admitted Due to COVID-19 in the COVID-19 AGEBRU Study
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46 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 85 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Socioeconomic inequality as a predictor of unmet health needs in the older adult population of Serbia.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- The Impact of Unmet Healthcare Needs on the Perceived Health Status of Older Europeans During COVID-19.International journal of public health · 2024Article
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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19 authors at 12 institutions in 7 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
purposeThe United Nations (UN) has published a Policy Brief on the impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) that identifies policies and responses to protect older adults. Our objective was to summarize actions, health policies and clinical guidelines adopted by six European countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom) during the pandemic, and to assess the impact of national policies on reducing adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in older populations.
methodsReports by geriatricians on the measures and actions undertaken by governmental institutions in each country between March and July 2020, as well as the role of primary care during the pandemic, covered three areas: (a) general health strategies related to the pandemic; (b) impact of COVID-19 on health inequity; and (c) initiatives and challenges for the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
resultsIn the six countries, COVID-19 mortality in nursing homes ranged from 26 to 66%. Although all countries endorsed the World Health Organization general recommendations, the reports identified the lack of harmonized European guidelines and policies for nursing homes, with competencies transferred to national (or regional) governments. All countries restricted visits in nursing homes, but no specific action plans were provided. The role of primary care was limited by the centralization of the crisis in hospital settings.
conclusionsThe older population has been greatly affected by COVID-19 and by the policies initiated to control its spread. The right to health and dignity are transgenerational; chronological age should not be the sole criterion in policy decisions.
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