Excess mortality: the gold standard in measuring the impact of COVID-19 worldwide?

J R Soc Med. 2020 Sep;113(9):329-334. doi: 10.1177/0141076820956802.

Authors

Thomas Beaney¹, Jonathan M Clarke², Vageesh Jain^{3

4}, Amelia Kataria Golestaneh¹, Gemma Lyons⁵, David Salman¹, Azeem Majeed¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Primary Care and Public Health, Imperial College London W6 8RP, UK.
² Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London SW7 2NA, UK.
³ North East North Central London Health Protection Team, Public Health England, London EC4Y 8AE, UK.
⁴ Institute for Global Health, University College London WC1N 1EH, UK.
⁵ Public Health Department, London Borough of Newham, London E16 2QU, UK.

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
Cause of Death*
Coronavirus Infections / mortality*
Coronavirus Infections / virology
Global Health*
Humans
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / mortality*
Pneumonia, Viral / virology
SARS-CoV-2