Publications by authors named "E D Tod"
Objectives: The rate of improvement in all-cause mortality rates has slowed in the UK since around 2012. While evidence suggests that UK Government 'austerity' policies have been largely responsible, it has been proposed that rising obesity may also have contributed. The aim here was to estimate this contribution for Scotland and England.
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has created a major crisis affecting population health, the economy, and society, particularly impacting vulnerable groups such as those in poverty, precarious employment, women, elderly individuals, and BAME communities.
- There is a wealth of literature suggesting that plural ownership could foster a more inclusive economy, but a comprehensive analysis of its actual impacts is lacking and necessary.
- This review will analyze evidence from various sectors, focusing on the effects of plural ownership on access to opportunities, distribution of benefits, poverty, and discrimination, using a thorough and systematic research approach.
Background And Purpose: Changes to hospital systems were implemented from March 2020 in Australia in response to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, including decreased resources allocated to stroke units. We investigate changes in the quality of acute care for patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack during the pandemic according to patients' treatment setting (stroke unit or alternate ward).
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients admitted with stroke or transient ischemic attack between January 2019 and June 2020 in the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR).
We present information on acute stroke care for the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia using data from the Australian Stroke Clinical Registry (AuSCR). The first case of COVID-19 in Australia was recorded in late January 2020 and national restrictions to control the virus commenced in March. To account for seasonal effects of stroke admissions, patient-level data from the registry from January to June 2020 were compared to the same period in 2019 (historical-control) from 61 public hospitals.
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