Essays about: "excess mortality rate"

Found 5 essays containing the words excess mortality rate.

1. 1. DECENTRALIZATION AND COVID-19 OUTCOMES. Investigating the relationship between levels of decentralization and COVID-19 excess mortality rates.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ruslan Nasirov; [2022-11-07]
   Keywords : decentralization; types of decentralization; COVID-19; excess mortality rate;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic created far reaching societal disruptions around the globe, forcing governments to respond to protect the wellbeing of their citizens. Because of a large variation in conditions – between geography, capacity, density etc. – countries resorted to different methods which led to differing results. READ MORE

3. 2. Covid-19 Idealism: Analysing Societal and Policy Unevenness in the Geographical Distribution of Covid-19 in Europe

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Floris Moerkens; [2022]
   Keywords : Covid-19; Idealism; Social injustice; geographical unevenness; societal unevenness; Covid-19 policy.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis focusses on three distinct unevenness’s seen within the Covid-19 pandemic. Geographical unevenness shows in an uneven spread in and between countries. Societal unevenness is seen as Covid-19 deaths mainly occur in the elderly population, or people with underlying conditions. READ MORE

4. 3. The impact of covid-19 on income inequality in Sweden : Empirical evidence using municipality data

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

   Author : David Sunesson; [2022]
   Keywords : Pandemic; Covid-19; Income inequality; Sweden; Municipality;

   Abstract : This study uses data between 2011 and 2020 from the 290 municipalities of Sweden to investigate theeffect that covid-19 has had on income inequality. Excess mortality rate is used as the variablemeasuring the intensity of the pandemic and the Gini coefficient as well as percentile quotas representsincome inequality. READ MORE

5. 4. Impacts of climate change on indoor thermal comfort in typical Swedish residential buildings - Assessing risks for human health

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö

   Author : Jessica Rumpca; [2022]
   Keywords : Climate change; Swedish building stock; Indoor thermal comfort; Overheating risk; Health-impact assessment; Human temperature-exposure; Temperature-related morbidity and mortality; Human excess vulnerability; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : There is strong evidence that climate change has a direct impact on humans and extreme temperatures have been linked to negative health impacts and increasing mortality. The heat wave of 2018 caused up to 8.2% more deaths compared to the year before in Sweden, with higher impacts in other parts of the world. READ MORE

6. 5. Does the onset of type 1 diabetes in young adults imply increased sickness absence? Results from a Swedish longitudinal study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jennifer Eriksson; [2008]
   Keywords : Sickness absence; Type 1 Diabetes; Hurdle model; The health capital model; The labour-leisure model; Economics; econometrics; economic theory; economic systems; economic policy; Nationalekonomi; ekonometri; ekonomisk teori; ekonomiska system; ekonomisk politik; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Few studies on sickness absence, theoretical as well as empirical, in the field of economics specifically focus on the impact of chronic illness. The purpose of the present study is to fill this theoretical gap by providing a theoretical explanation of sickness absence after the onset of a specific chronic illness, namely type 1 diabetes, but also to empirically examine if sickness absence differs for type 1 diabetics and a control group. READ MORE