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Social Determinants of COVID-19 Mortality in Universal Health Systems: A Comparative Analysis between Ceará (Brazil) and Portugal

2025-12-23

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<h4>Background: </h4> The COVID-19 pandemic exposed persistent structural inequities within and between universal health systems. We compared how social determinants of health (SDH) shaped COVID-19 mortality across Ceará (Brazil) and Portugal. <h4>Methods: </h4>: We conducted a comparative ecological analysis of 21 administrative regions (Ceará=14; Portugal=7) for 2020–2022, harmonizing publicly available, aggreg...

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Literature Corpus work: 122dbb83-63a9-5872-b19f-83c539ef7d69
DOI: 10.22541/au.176645530.05384166/v1

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