Impact of weekday and weekend mobility and public policies on COVID-19 incidence and deaths across 76 large municipalities in Colombia

Statistical analysis and simulation

Abstract

The article compared utilisation of comprehensive (primarily consultations) and safety-net (primarily hospitalisation) services, COVID-19 case rates, and mortality between Colombian citizens and Venezuelan migrants in Colombia across 60 municipalities.

The study finds contrasting patterns between comprehensive and safety net services, suggesting that the complementary systems behaved independently. Colombians used vastly more comprehensive services than Venezuelans, while for safety-net services the gap in utilisation was smaller and narrowed.

Additional policy changes are recommended to further integrate Venezuelans into the Colombian health care system.

This research was supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme.

Citation

Jason, J.S., Bowser, D.M., Harker Roa, A. et al. ‘Impact of weekday and weekend mobility and public policies on COVID-19 incidence and deaths across 76 large municipalities in Colombia: statistical analysis and simulation’. BMC Public Health 2022: volume 22, article number 2460. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-14781-7

Impact of weekday and weekend mobility and public policies on COVID-19 incidence and deaths across 76 large municipalities in Colombia: statistical analysis and simulation

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Published 31 December 2022