Lockdown During COVID-19: The Greek Success.
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
/ statistics & numerical data
Coronavirus Infections
/ diagnosis
Global Health
Greece
/ epidemiology
Health Expenditures
/ statistics & numerical data
Health Policy
Health Resources
/ economics
Humans
Incidence
Pandemics
/ economics
Pneumonia, Viral
/ economics
Procedures and Techniques Utilization
/ statistics & numerical data
Program Evaluation
Quarantine
/ statistics & numerical data
Resource Allocation
COVID-19
Coronavirus
Greece
quarantine
Journal
In vivo (Athens, Greece)
ISSN: 1791-7549
Titre abrégé: In Vivo
Pays: Greece
ID NLM: 8806809
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2020
Jun 2020
Historique:
received:
21
05
2020
revised:
23
05
2020
accepted:
26
05
2020
entrez:
7
6
2020
pubmed:
7
6
2020
medline:
23
6
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Coronavirus is an ongoing pandemic challenging health systems worldwide. The aim of this report was to evaluate the effectiveness of lockdown in different countries, highlighting the performance of Greek society and authorities. We analyzed publicly available data from the "Worldometer". We evaluated the efficacy of lockdown at one month after implementation. Delta Days (DD) referred to the difference in the days of reaching 1 case/million people to the adoption of lockdown. Higher healthcare expenditure as % of the national GDP was not correlated with better 30-day mortality outcomes. DD index was significantly correlated to the incidence of COVID-19 per million people at 30 days (p-value=0.001). The correlation between DD and 30-day mortality was not statistically significant (p-value=0.087). Early lockdown was proven to be the appropriate policy to limit the spread of COVID-19. Greece was a success story in preventing spread despite limited resources.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND/AIM
OBJECTIVE
Coronavirus is an ongoing pandemic challenging health systems worldwide. The aim of this report was to evaluate the effectiveness of lockdown in different countries, highlighting the performance of Greek society and authorities.
METHODS
METHODS
We analyzed publicly available data from the "Worldometer". We evaluated the efficacy of lockdown at one month after implementation. Delta Days (DD) referred to the difference in the days of reaching 1 case/million people to the adoption of lockdown.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Higher healthcare expenditure as % of the national GDP was not correlated with better 30-day mortality outcomes. DD index was significantly correlated to the incidence of COVID-19 per million people at 30 days (p-value=0.001). The correlation between DD and 30-day mortality was not statistically significant (p-value=0.087).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Early lockdown was proven to be the appropriate policy to limit the spread of COVID-19. Greece was a success story in preventing spread despite limited resources.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32503831
pii: 34/3_suppl/1695
doi: 10.21873/invivo.11963
pmc: PMC8378029
doi:
Types de publication
Comparative Study
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1695-1699Commentaires et corrections
Type : CommentIn
Informations de copyright
Copyright© 2020, International Institute of Anticancer Research (Dr. George J. Delinasios), All rights reserved.
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