Examining the UK Covid-19 mortality paradox : Pandemic preparedness, healthcare expenditure, and the nursing workforce

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AIM: To examine the UK pandemic preparedness in light of health expenditure, nursing workforce, and mortality rates in and relation to nursing leadership.

BACKGROUND: The Global Health Security Index categorized the preparedness of 195 countries to face a biological threat on a variety of measures, producing an overall score. The United States of America and the United Kingdom were ranked 1st and 2nd most prepared in 2019.

METHOD: A cross-nation comparison of the top 36 countries ranked by Global Health Security Index score using a variety of online sources, including key data about each nation's expenditure on health and the nursing workforce, and compared these with mortality data for COVID-19.

RESULTS: The extent of a country's pandemic preparedness, expenditure on healthcare and magnitude of the nursing workforce does not appear to impact mortality rates at this stage of the pandemic which is something of a paradox.

CONCLUSION: It is important that arrangements for dealing with future global pandemics involve a range of agencies and experts in the field, including nurse leaders.

IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING: To achieve the best outcomes for patients, nurse leaders should be involved in policy forums at all levels of government to ensure nurses can influence health policy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:76

Enthalten in:

Journal of advanced nursing - 76(2020), 12 vom: 30. Dez., Seite 3218-3227

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stribling, Julian [VerfasserIn]
Clifton, Andrew [VerfasserIn]
McGill, George [VerfasserIn]
de Vries, Kay [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

COVID-19
Editorial
Global Health Security Index
Healthcare expenditure
Nurse leadership
Nursing workforce
Pandemic preparedness

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Date Completed 18.11.2020

Date Revised 18.12.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/jan.14562

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM314866582