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28.05.2020 | COVID-19 | Commentary Zur Zeit gratis

Excess mortality from COVID-19: a commentary on the Italian experience

verfasst von: Paolo Pasquariello, Saverio Stranges

Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health | Ausgabe 5/2020

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There has been much discussion about why case fatality rate from COVID-19 in Italy (at 13.3% as of April 20, 2020, versus a global case fatality rate of 6.9%; Worldometer 2020) is considerably larger than in other countries. In this commentary, we propose several potential explanations underlying these differences. …

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Titel: Excess mortality from COVID-19: a commentary on the Italian experience
verfasst von: Paolo Pasquariello
Saverio Stranges
Publikationsdatum: 28.05.2020
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Schlagwort: COVID-19
Erschienen in: International Journal of Public Health / Ausgabe 5/2020
Print ISSN: 1661-8556
Elektronische ISSN: 1661-8564
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-020-01399-y

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