This article reviews recent federal and state policy changes in response to the
COVID-19 pandemic that affect health care and quality of life for older adults. Specifi c
regulations and guidelines issued at the state and federal level have increased access
and provided additional funding for essential se...
OBJETIVO: refletir sobre o processo de morrer e morte de pacientes com Covid-19 à luz da espiritualidade. DESENVOLVIMENTO: em meio à pandemia provocada pelo novo Coronavírus, mais uma vez nos defrontamos com a temida morte, com um agravante: mortes em números crescentes e marcadas pela ausência da o...
Atenção centrada na resposta à COVID-19: identificar, informar, conter, manejar e encaminhar. Os sistemas de informação em saúde — por meio do acesso oportuno a dados devidamente desagregados, a correta integração dos sistemas nacionais e locais, a saúde digital e o uso das tecnologias da info...
ABSTRACT
Objective
to analyze the relationship between per capita income and the cumulative incidence of COVID-19 in the neighborhoods of the city of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
Method
an ecological study using neighborhoods as units of analysis. The cumulative incidence rate per 100,000 inhabitants an...
Objective
to estimate the transmission rate, the epidemiological peak, and the number of deaths by the new coronavirus.
Method
a mathematical and epidemiological model of susceptible, infected, and recovered cases was applied to the nine Brazilian capitals with the highest number of cases of the infect...
Objective
to explore the best type of curve or trend model that could explain the epidemiological behavior of the infection by COVID-19 and derive the possible causes that contribute to explain the corresponding model and the health implications that can be inferred.
Method
data were collected from the ...