Austerity and COVID-19

Healthc Q. 2020 Jul;23(2):18-20. doi: 10.12927/hcq.2020.26280.

Abstract

A scientific paper published in the BMJ Open made international headlines by claiming that austerity policies led to 120,000 deaths in the UK (Watkins et al. 2017).

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Canada
  • Coronavirus Infections*
  • Health Policy / economics
  • Health Services Accessibility / economics
  • Healthcare Financing*
  • Humans
  • Pandemics*
  • Pneumonia, Viral*
  • Poverty
  • Public Health / economics
  • SARS-CoV-2