Inequalities in population health loss by multiple deprivation: COVID-19 and pre-pandemic all-cause disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in Scotland.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 has caused almost unprecedented change across health, education, the economy and social interaction. It is widely understood that the existing mechanisms which shape health inequalities have resulted in COVID-19 outcomes following this same, familiar, pattern. Our aim was to estimate inequalities in the population health impact of COVID-19 in Scotland, measured by disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2020. Our secondary aim was to scale overall, and inequalities in, COVID-19 DALYs against the level of pre-pandemic inequalities in all-cause DALYs, derived from the Scottish Burden of Disease (SBoD) study.

Methods

National deaths and daily case data were input into the European Burden of Disease Network consensus model to estimate DALYs. Total Years of

SUBMITTER: Wyper GMA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8474788 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature