Estimation of the size of the COVID-19 pandemic using the epidemiological wavelength model: results from OECD countries

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to simplify the previously developed epidemiological wavelength model and to expand the scope of the model with additional variables to estimate the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic. The applicability of the extended wavelength model was tested in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries.

Study design

The epidemiological wavelengths of OECD member countries for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022 were estimated comparatively, considering the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases.

Methods

The size of the COVID-19 pandemic was estimated using the wavelength model. The scope of the wavelength model was expanded to include additional variables. The extended estimation model was improved by adding population d

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186978 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature