Area-related sociodemographic factors and the risk of severe COVID-19: a longitudinal study of the total adult population in Sweden
Living in deprived neighbourhoods is associated with substantially higher risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation, ICU-admission, mortality and lower vaccine uptake. This risk factor remained strong even when taking individual level characteristics into account and within strata of individual-level factors.
Authors
- Fredrik Nyberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0892-5668)
- Leif Dotevall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-7393)
- Henrik Mellström Dahlgren
- Huiqi Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1127-0829)
Institutions
- Region Västra Götaland (SE)
- University of Gothenburg (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-05-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/23744235.2025.2503466
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.33
Funders
- Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas
- Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse
- Vetenskapsrådet
- Forskningsrådet om Hälsa, Arbetsliv och Välfärd