A Bayesian spatio-temporal analysis of mortality rates in Spain: application to the COVID-19 2020 outbreak

Abstract Background The number of deaths attributable to COVID-19 in Spain has been highly controversial since it is problematic to tell apart deaths having COVID as the main cause from those provoked by the aggravation by the viral infection of other underlying health problems. In addition, overbur...

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Main Authors: Pedro Saavedra, Angelo Santana, Luis Bello, José-Miguel Pacheco, Esther Sanjuán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:Population Health Metrics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12963-021-00259-y