COVID-19 burden in Iran: disability-adjusted life years analysis from hospital data, 2020-2021.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of disease based on disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) is one of the internationally accepted metrics for assessing the impact of a disease or injury on population health. This study aimed to provide evidence of the burden of COVID-19 on health in Iran based on hospital-level data from the Iran Health Insurance Organization (IHIO), which covers almost half of the country's population.

Methods

The data of all IHIO enrollees who were referred to hospitals across the country from the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2020) to December 30, 2021, with assigned diagnosis codes of COVID-19, were extracted from the hospital information processing system. The DALYs due to COVID-19 were estimated using the standard approach of the World Health Orga

SUBMITTER: Damiri S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11346186 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature