Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis

Rocha, Rudi; Atun, Rifat; Massuda, Adriano; Rache, Beatriz; Spinola, Paula; Nunes, Letícia; Lago, Miguel; C. Castro, Márcia

doi:10.1016/s2214-109x(21)00081-4

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Effect of socioeconomic inequalities and vulnerabilities on health-system preparedness and response to COVID-19 in Brazil: a comprehensive analysis

Published in The Lancet Global Health • Apr 14, 2021

Authors:

Rudi Rocha

Rifat Atun

Adriano Massuda

Abstract

BACKGROUND: COVID-19 spread rapidly in Brazil despite the country's well established health and social protection systems. Understanding the relationships between health-system preparedness, responses to COVID-19, and the pattern of spread of the epidemic is particularly important in a country marke...

Subject

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Preparedness

Socioeconomic status

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