Abstract
This study examines the effect of the elderly population on SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) mortality for a sample of 146 countries. It shows that the elderly population is robustly associated with higher COVID-19 mortality. This effect, however, decreases significantly in countries with higher health care absorptive capacity. The results are robust to control for a set of economic, institutional and regional variables.
Highlights
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 virus was first reported in the middle of December 2019 in Wuhan of China, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Yang et al 2020)
The results show that countries with an old-age demographic structure, on average, have a higher mortality rate because of the SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19)
We found that this positive effect is statistically significant only for countries with low levels of hospital beds which is a critical indicator for absorptive capacity of healthcare system for COVID-19 patients
Summary
The outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 virus was first reported in the middle of December 2019 in Wuhan of China, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (Yang et al 2020). Abstract: This study examines the effect of the elderly population on SARS-CoV-2 Disease (COVID-19) mortality for a sample of 146 countries. In this study and by using a multiple regression analysis, the association between old-age demographic structure and COVID-19 fatalities is re-examined for 146 countries6, controlling for other important factors.
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