Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Lost Due to COVID-19 Mortality: Methods and Application for The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased mortality worldwide considerably in 2020. Nevertheless, it is unknown how the increase in mortality translates into a loss in quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs), which is a function of age and the health condition of the deceased patient at time of death. We estimate the QALYs lost in The Netherlands as a result of deaths because of COVID-19 in 2020.

Methods

As a starting point, we use estimates of underlying diseases and the number of COVID-19 deaths in nursing homes as a proxy for underlying health status. In a next step, these are combined with estimates of excess mortality rates and quality of life for different groups to calculate QALYs lost. We compare the results with an alternative scenario, in which COVID-19 deaths occ

SUBMITTER: Wouterse B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8810280 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature