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http://conacyt.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1000/3915| Which Melbourne metropolitan areas are vulnerable to COVID-19 based on age, disability and access to health services? Using spatial analysis to identify service gaps and inform delivery | |
| Lakhani Ali. | |
| Acceso Abierto | |
| Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas | |
| 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2020.03.041 | |
| Ageing adults (65+) with disability are especially vulnerable to COVID-19 and upon contracting, are a cohort most likely to require palliative care. Therefore, it is very important that health services - particularly health services providing palliative care - are proximately available. Treating the Melbourne metropolitan area as a case-study, a spatial analysis was conducted to clarify priority areas with a significantly high percentage and number of ageing adults (65+) with disability, and high barriers to accessing primary health services. After, travel times from priority areas to (i) palliative medicine, and (ii) hospital services were calculated. The geographic dispersion of areas with people vulnerable to COVID-19 with poor access to palliative care and health services are clarified. Unique methods of health service delivery are required to ensure that vulnerable populations in under-serviced metropolitan areas receive prompt and adequate care. The spatial methodology employed can be implemented in different contexts to support evidence-based COVID-19 and pandemic palliative care service decisions. | |
| Journal of Pain and Symptom Management | |
| 2020 | |
| Artículo | |
| https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7141477/pdf/main.pdf | |
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| VIRUS RESPIRATORIOS | |
| Aparece en las colecciones: | Artículos científicos |
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