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- Title
COVID-19 PANDEMİSİ SÜRECİNDE TÜRKİYE, AVRUPA VE AMERİKA VERİLERİNİN KARŞILAŞTIRILMASI: KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA.
- Authors
Dağcıoğlu, Basri Furkan; Keskin, Ahmet
- Abstract
Objectives: COVID-19 (SARS CoV-2) pandemic has influenced the whole world and has become challenging for the health resources of countries. Undoubtedly, some of the most important factors underlying the course of the epidemic with different mortality rates in various countries are the parameters such as the health systems of the countries, the health spending of governments, and the rate of public healthcare utilization. Therefore, in our study, it was aimed to compare the pandemic data of Turkey, European Union countries, and the United States, besides investigating the parameters related to the course of the disease. Materials and Methods: The coronavirus statistics obtained from the Worldometer digital database on the 4th of May 2020 and socio-demographic data and health-related indicators of 28 European Union countries, USA, and Turkey obtained from OECD digital database were investigated. Relations between countries' data were evaluated by Spearman correlation analysis. In the analysis, the upper limit of the alpha error rate was taken as 5%. Results: By the investigation date, the total number of COVID-19 cases were found to be 127,659 in Turkey, 1,234,918 in European Union countries, and 1,212,835 in the USA. The three countries with the highest number of cases in the European Union are Spain (248,301), Italy (211,938) and the United Kingdom (190,584), respectively; the three countries with the most COVID-19 related deaths are Italy (29,079), the United Kingdom (28,734) and Spain (25,428), respectively. It was observed that the mortality rate was directly proportional to the budget allocated by countries to health. Conclusion: Compared to Europe and America, COVID-19 infection in Turkey has a lower mortality rate. In countries that allocate more budget to health, mortality rates from the disease may be more accurate. Besides, it has been observed that various parameters are related to the course of the disease.
- Publication
Ankara Medical Journal, 2020, Vol 20, Issue 2, p360
- ISSN
2148-4570
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5505/amj.2020.02328