@article{Scopazzini_M-2023_150099,
title = {Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD) indicators as predictors of mortality among patients hospitalised with COVID-19 disease in the Lothian Region, Scotland during the first wave: a cohort study},
author = {Scopazzini, M. and Cave, N. and Mutch, C. and Ross, D. and Bularga, A. and Chase-Topping, M. and Woolhouse, M. and Koch, O. and Perry, M. and Mackintosh, C.},
month = {oct},
year = {2023},
abstract = {BACKGROUND: Sars-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, has led to more than 226,000 deaths in the UK and multiple risk factors for mortality including age, sex and deprivation have been identified. This study aimed to identify which individual indicators of the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation (SIMD), an area-based deprivation index, were predictive of mortality.},
volume = {22},
journal = {International Journal for Equity in Health},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s12939-023-02017-y},
}
