Ageing society and SARS-CoV-2 mortality : does the healthcare absorptive capacity matter?

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan

This study examines the effect of the elderly population on SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) mortality for a sample of 146 countries. It shows that the elderly population is robustly associated with higher COVID-19 mortality. This effect, however, decreases significantly in countries with higher health care absorptive capacity. The results are robust to control for a set of economic, institutional and regional variables.

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Year of publication:	2020
Authors:	Farzanegan, Mohammad Reza
Published in:	Journal of risk and financial management : JRFM. - Basel : MDPI, ISSN 1911-8074, ZDB-ID 2739117-6. - Vol. 13.2020, 11/277, p. 1-13
Subject:	COVID-19 \| disaster \| healthcare absorptive capacity \| hospital beds \| mortality \| old-age demographic structure \| SARS-CoV-2 pandemic \| Sterblichkeit \| Mortality \| Krankenhaus \| Hospital \| Coronavirus \| Alternde Bevölkerung \| Aging population \| Gesundheitsversorgung \| Health care \| Epidemie \| Epidemic \| Absorption \| Bevölkerungsstruktur \| Demographic structure \| Wirkungsanalyse \| Impact assessment \| Infektionskrankheit \| Infectious disease

Type of publication:	Article
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Aufsatz in Zeitschrift ; Article in journal
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	10.3390/jrfm13110277 [DOI] hdl:10419/239350 [Handle]
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10012388755