Barceló, Maria A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9720-690X
Saez, Marc http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1882-0157
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Health, Government of Catalonia (Strategic Plan for Research and Innovation in Health (PERIS))
Pfizer Global Medical Grants (COVID-19 Competitive Grant Program)
SAUN: Santander Universidades, CRUE and CSIC (SUPERA COVID-19 Fund)
Article History
Received: 26 February 2023
Accepted: 26 May 2023
First Online: 9 June 2023
Declarations
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: The manuscript is an original contribution that has not been published before, whole or in part, in any format, including electronically. All authors will disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal, or other relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence or be perceived to influence their work, within three years of beginning the submitted work.
: In this article we used a mixed longitudinal ecological design in which we observed mortality in the 54 provinces into which Spain is divided. This is an ecological study with aggregate data (at the province level) and, therefore, we do not use data at the individual level. In addition, all the data we used was obtained from official sources in the form of open data with free access.
: Not applicable.