The association between socioeconomic status and pandemic influenza: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

This study will provide the first systematic review of research on the relation between SES and pandemic outcomes. The findings will be relevant for health policy in helping to assess whether people of low socioeconomic status should be prioritized for vaccines in preparedness plans for pandemic influenza. The review will also contribute to the research literature by providing pooled estimates of effect sizes as inputs into power calculations of future studies.Systematic review registrationPROSPERO 87922
Source: Systematic Reviews - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research