People in Scotland’s poorest areas are more likely to be affected by severe Covid-19 — and to die from the disease — than those in more affluent districts, according to a study of critical care units. The first nationwide study of its kind found patients from the most economically disadvantaged areas had a higher chance of critical care admission, and that intensive care units there were more likely to be over capacity. Researchers from the Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow gauged how living in an area of socioeconomic poverty — measured by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation — was linked to severe Covid-19 using anonymous health records.
— source University of Edinburgh | Dec 15, 2020
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