Cost-Effectiveness of Public Health Measures to Control COVID-19 in China: A Microsimulation Modeling Study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to assess the cost-effectiveness of various public health measures in dealing with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China. A stochastic agent-based model was used to simulate the progress of the COVID-19 outbreak in scenario I (imported one case) and scenario II (imported four cases) with a series of public health measures. The main outcomes included the avoided infections and incremental cost-effectiveness ratios (ICERs). Sensitivity analyses were performed to assess uncertainty. The results indicated that isolation-and-quarantine averted the COVID-19 outbreak at the lowest ICERs. The joint strategy of personal protection and isolation-and-quarantine averted one more case than only isolation-and-quarantine with additional costs. The effectiveness of isolation-and-qu

SUBMITTER: Wang Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8763804 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature