Inequalities on mortality due to acute respiratory infection in children: A Colombian analysis

• Published in: Biomédica
• Main Authors: Nelson Jose Alvis-Zakzuk, Carlos Castañeda-Orjuela, Diana Patricia Díaz, Liliana Castillo, Karol Patricia Cotes, Pablo Chaparro, Ángel José Paternina-Caicedo, Nelson Rafael Alvis-Guzmán, Fernando Pío De la Hoz
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud 2018
• Subjects: Infant mortality; respiratory tract infections; healthcare disparities; socioeconomic factors; poverty; child; Colombia; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Ari
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.7705/biomedica.v38i4.4062; https://doaj.org/article/af51e2ee2e3b47979f580ea5d4efedb0

Introduction: Acute respiratory infections (ARI) are a leading public health issue worldwide. Objective: To explore the inequalities in ARI mortality rates in under-5, according to socioeconomic characteristics. Materials and methods: We conducted an ecological analysis to study inequalities at muni...