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0165/2020 - Estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on mortality of institutionalized elderly in Brazil
Estimativas de impacto da COVID-19 na mortalidade de idosos institucionalizados no Brasil

Author:

• Carla Jorge Machado - Machado, C. J. - Belo Horizonte, MG - <carlajmachado@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6871-0709

Co-author(s):

• Claudia Cristina de Aguiar Pereira - Pereira, C.C.A - <pereirac.claudia@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1389-9214
• Bernardo de Mattos Viana - Viana, B.M - <bernardomviana@yahoo.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8792-2996
• Graziella Lage Oliveira - Oliveira, G.L. - <grazilage.oliveira@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3387-3583
• Daniel Carvalho Melo - Melo, D.C - <daniel@medlogic.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7354-623X
• Jáder Freitas Maciel Garcia de Carvalho - Carvalho, J.F.M.G - <jaderfreitasmaciel@yahoo.com.br>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1053-3236
• Flávia Lanna de Moraes - Moraes, F.L - <flavialanna23@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2638-0553
• Edgar Nunes de Moraes - Moraes, E.N - <edgarnmoraes@gmail.com>
ORCID: https://orcid.org/000-0002-8923-1029


Abstract:

This study aims to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on mortality of institutionalized elderly in Brazil. Estimates of the percentage of elderly deaths occurring in care homes were calculated for Brazil, States and Regions using estimates for the total number of deaths. The estimation was based upon information available for other countries. The weighted percentage was 44.7% and 107,538 COVID-19 deaths were estimated for the elderly in these institutions in Brazil in 2020. Higher numbers of deaths were expected in the Southeast Region (48,779 deaths), followed by the Northeast Region (28,451 deaths); São Paulo was the most affected State (24,500 deaths). The strong impact of COVID-19 on the elderly population living in long-term care facilities is clear. Estimates for the country exceeded 100,000 elderly people, potentially the most fragile and vulnerable, and are based upon a conservative number of total deaths, in view of other estimates and the alarming situation of death growth in BrazilCOVID-19.

Keywords:

coronavirus infections; simulation; health of institutionalized elderly; frail elderly; cross-sectional studies

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Machado, C. J., Pereira, C.C.A, Viana, B.M, Oliveira, G.L., Melo, D.C, Carvalho, J.F.M.G, Moraes, F.L, Moraes, E.N. Estimates of the impact of COVID-19 on mortality of institutionalized elderly in Brazil. Cien Saude Colet [periódico na internet] (2020/Jun). [Citado em 27/09/2024]. Está disponível em: http://cienciaesaudecoletiva.com.br/en/articles/estimates-of-the-impact-of-covid19-on-mortality-of-institutionalized-elderly-in-brazil/17647?id=17647



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