A comparative analysis of world health systems and Covid-19
| Autor: | Ayşe Ikinci Keleş, Gökhan Keleş |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
meta-analysis health system COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic wave business.industry Mortality rate Face (sociological concept) General Medicine Investment (macroeconomics) General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology World health Health Care Sciences and Services Meta-analysis Pandemic Per capita Medicine Sağlık Bilimleri ve Hizmetleri Socioeconomics business |
| Zdroj: | Volume: 38, Issue: 2 115-120 Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine |
| ISSN: | 1309-5129 1309-4483 |
| DOI: | 10.52142/omujecm.38.2.11 |
| Popis: | Objective: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which causes severe airway problems, first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. The virus led to a pandemic that affected the entire world. COVID-19 affects not only health, but also economic and social life. The emergence of this pandemic has led to health systems across the world being questioned. The aim of this study was to assess the adequacy of world health systems in the face of this pandemic. Method: Twelve countries were selected and analyzed in the study. The choice of these countries was determined by the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Information concerning health systems and COVID-19 was obtained from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 2018, World Health Organization 2020 and Deep Knowledge Group data and was subjected to statistical analysis. Results: According to the analysis, the country with the highest investment in health expenditures is the United States (10586 US dollars/capita), and Germany stands out as the best in health services. Another finding is the first and second wave of COVID-19 was identified as the USA with the highest case and death rate (First wave cases 1.942.363 and deaths 110.514; second wave cases at 7.419.230 and deaths 2.09.450) Conclusions: As a result of the meta-analysis, it is revealed that only socio-economic power is not enough, countries with good health systems are more successful in the pandemic. In addition, the analysis once again reveal how important health systems are in the face of such a pandemic. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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