Real-time mortality statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A proposal based on Spanish data, January–March, 2021

Real-time mortality statistics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A proposal based on Spanish data, January–March, 2021

ObjectivesDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, surveillance systems worldwide underestimated mortality in real time due to longer death reporting lags. In Spain, the mortality monitor “MoMo” published downward biased excess mortality estimates daily. I study the correction of such bias using polynomial reg...

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Main Author: Juan Equiza-Goñi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
Subjects:
public health surveillance
mortality
COVID-19
nowcasting
health communication
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.950469/full

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