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cord-332979-eln7n6zb	Ciminelli, G.	How Emergency Care Congestion Increases Covid-19 Mortality: Evidence from Lombardy, Italy	2020-10-29		.txt	text/plain	5190	298	57	6 This paper analyzes how much system congestion may have contributed to the high mortality rates observed during Lombardy's first Covid-19 outbreak, using distance to the ICU as a proxy for access to emergency care. We proxy for system congestion using data on calls to the emergency line and find that the additional effects of Covid-19 on mortality in municipalities that are farther away from the ICU is stronger in days and areas characterized by an abnormal volume of calls to the emergency line, pointing to system congestion as a plausible explanation. We analyzed how emergency care congestion may have contributed to the high mortality rates observed in Lombardy during its first Covid-19 outbreak, using distance to the ICU as a proxy for access to critical care.	./cache/cord-332979-eln7n6zb.txt	./txt/cord-332979-eln7n6zb.txt