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

• Main Authors: Marcello S. Scopazzini (Author), Roo Nicola Rose Cave (Author), Callum P. Mutch (Author), Daniella A. Ross (Author), Anda Bularga (Author), Margo Chase-Topping (Author), Mark Woolhouse (Author), Oliver Koch (Author), DataLoch Covid-19 Collaborative (Author), Meghan R. Perry (Author), Claire L. Mackintosh (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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 D...