Inequitable impact of infection: social gradients in severe COVID-19 outcomes among all confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases during the first pandemic wave in Sweden.

Per Erik GustafssonMiguel San SebastianOsvaldo Fonseca-RodríguezAnne-Marie Fors Connolly

Published in: Journal of epidemiology and community health (2021)

Social gradients in severe COVID-19 outcomes are widespread in Sweden, but appear to be unrelated to pre-existing health disparities. Inequitable outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 infection may therefore be at least partially avoidable and could rely on equitable management of confirmed COVID-19 cases.

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