id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-337751-ccf8w06i Villalobos Dintrans, Pablo It Is Not Just Mortality: A Call From Chile for Comprehensive COVID-19 Policy Responses Among Older People 2020-07-07 .txt text/plain 3485 195 55 RESULTS: Although several policies have been enacted to protect older people from COVID-19, these measures could have important unintended negative consequences in this group's mental and physical health, as well as financial aspects. DISCUSSION: A wider perspective is needed to include a broader definition of health—considering financial scarcity, access to health services, mental health issues, and long-term care—in the policy responses to COVID-19 targeted to older people in Chile. This research report intends to provide a critical analysis of the policy response to COVID-19 for older people (OP) in Chile, calling for a more comprehensive response that considers a broad conception of health. Chile is a developing mid-to-high-income (2018 gross domestic product per capita purchasing parity power = US$25,222), highly unequal country (Gini coefficient = 0.55), which is currently facing a process of rapid population aging: While the share of people older than 65 years is 12%, in 2020 it is expected to reach 25% by 2050 (United Nations, 2019a). ./cache/cord-337751-ccf8w06i.txt ./txt/cord-337751-ccf8w06i.txt