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Editorial

COVID-19 Deaths in Long-Term Care Facilities in the US: An Urgent Call for Equitable and Integrated Health Systems and an All-Hazards Approach to the Next Crisis

Eriko Sasea The Department of Community and Global Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;b Saitama Prefectural University, Saitama, Japan;c Global Health Research Center of Japan, University of Nagasaki, Nagasaki, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Christopher Eddyd Department of Health, County of Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, USA;e Master of Public Health Program, College of Nursing & Health Care Professions, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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Richard J. Schusterf The International MPH Specialized in Health Systems Administration & Global Health Leadership Program, School of Public Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
Article: 2298652 | Received 04 May 2023, Accepted 20 Dec 2023, Published online: 29 Jan 2024

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