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Combating COVID-19: health equity matters

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Wang, Zhicheng, Tang, Kun·2020·Nature Medicine

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  • There is a preponderance of evidence demonstrating that the COVID-19 epidemic has disproportionately affected lower income sub-city units, and the Americas is no exception.

    “There is now a preponderance of evidence demonstrating that the epidemic has disproportionately affected lower income sub-city units, and the Americas is no exception [17–22].”

    From Social epidemiology of urban COVID-19 inequalities in Latin America and Canada (2024) · cites this paper as [21]

    The Abstract (page not indicated) says COVID-19 disproportionately affected vulnerable populations across China and the world and describes harm to people in deprived areas. It does not establish a pattern specifically in lower-income sub-city units or the Americas; it also says solid evidence on COVID-19 health inequities was urgently needed, rather than describing a preponderance of evidence. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Wang, Z., & Tang, K.
Affiliations
Tsinghua University (CN)
Corresponding author
Tang, Kun
Venue
Nature Medicine
Published
2020-03-26
Volume
26
Issue
4
Pages
458-458
ISSN
  • 1078-8956 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-170X
OpenAlex
W3013287931
Cited by
382
References
9
Citations by year
2026: 8 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 57 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 127 · 2020: 93
FWCI
47.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Physical Sciences › Mathematics › Modeling and Simulation › COVID-19 epidemiological studies
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, health equity, health disparities, vulnerable populations, pandemic response, social determinants of health
MeSH terms
Health Equity, Betacoronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, China, Data Collection, Financing, Personal, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Pneumonia, Viral, Poverty, Social Conditions, Socioeconomic Factors, Global Health, Coronavirus Infections, Vulnerable Populations, Health Status Disparities, Healthcare Disparities, Pandemics

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