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      COVID-19: Opportunities for interdisciplinary research to improve care for older people in Sweden

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          The emergence of COVID-19 has changed the world as we know it, arguably none more so than for older people. In Sweden, the majority of COVID-19-related fatalities have been among people aged ⩾70 years, many of whom were receiving health and social care services. The pandemic has illuminated aspects within the care continuum requiring evaluative research, such as decision-making processes, the structure and organisation of care, and interventions within the complex public-health system. This short communication highlights several key areas for future interdisciplinary and multi-sectorial collaboration to improve health and social care services in Sweden. It also underlines that a valid, reliable and experiential evidence base is the sine qua non for evaluative research and effective public-health systems.

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                Journal
                Scand J Public Health
                Scand J Public Health
                SJP
                spsjp
                Scandinavian Journal of Public Health
                SAGE Publications (Sage UK: London, England )
                1403-4948
                1651-1905
                8 November 2020
                February 2021
                : 49
                : 1 , Special Issue: The social, economic and health-related consequences of COVID-19 – Part I
                : 29-32
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Nursing, Umeå University, Sweden
                [2 ]Department of Social Work, Umeå University, Sweden
                [3 ]Centre for Demographic and Ageing Research (CEDAR), Umeå University, Sweden
                [4 ]Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
                [5 ]School of Education, Health and Social Studies, Dalarna University, Sweden
                [6 ]Ageing Research Centre, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
                [7 ]Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Sweden
                [8 ]Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden
                [9 ]Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Education and Welfare Studies, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
                [10 ]Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
                [11 ]Department of Psychology, Centre for Ageing and Health (AgeCap), University of Gothenburg, Sweden
                [12 ]Department of Disability Sciences, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Sweden
                [13 ]Swedish Institute of Disability Research, Örebro University, Sweden
                Author notes
                [*]Rebecca Baxter, Department of Nursing, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Email: rebecca.baxter@ 123456umu.se
                [*]

                These authors contributed equally to this work.

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                https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6595-6298
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4378-6803
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2510-7571
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0044-0781
                https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5852-1381
                Article
                10.1177_1403494820969544
                10.1177/1403494820969544
                7859561
                33161880
                7959214d-9d37-4031-8dc5-5d524313af52
                © Author(s) 2020

                This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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                : 6 August 2020
                : 25 September 2020
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