Are we really all in this together? The social patterning of mortality during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium.
Sylvie GadeyneLucia Rodriguez-LoureiroJohan SurkynWanda Monika Johanna Van HemelrijckWilma J NusselderPatrick LusyneKatrien VanthommePublished in: International journal for equity in health (2021)
The social patterning during the first COVID-19 wave was exceptional as excess mortality did not follow the classic lines of higher mortality in lower classes and patterns were not always consistent. Relative mortality inequalities did not change substantially during the first COVID-19 wave compared to the reference period.