Health Care for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This article analyzes the relationship between morbidity and mortality patterns among older adults and the strategies adopted by states in the Northeast to address the health crisis between 2020 and 2022.
The results indicate that, despite the implementation of measures such as social distancing and vaccination, hospitalization and death rates remained high. In addition, the response time of state governments varied, influencing the course of the pandemic.
The relationship between the states’ response time and the observed morbidity and mortality suggests that the speed of implementing control measures may have influenced the course of the pandemic, as reflected in the different patterns of hospitalizations and deaths recorded in the region.