Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) based COVID-19 health impact assessment: A systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 is a highly contagious infectious disease that emerged in 2019. This disease is causing devastating health, socio-economic, and economic crises. More specifically COVID-19 is affecting both the quality and length of human life. The overall health impact of this disease is measured by the disability-adjusted life years which is the sum of the life years lost due to disability (the effect on the health quality) and the years life lost due to premature death (effect on the length of life). The purpose of this review is to summarise DALYs-based health impact publications and produce compiled and informative literature that can aid the health regulators to make evidence-based decisions on mitigating COVID-19.

Methods

The review will be conducted using the PRIS

SUBMITTER: Gebeyehu DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9467350 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature