Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization declared a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), on March 11, 2020. The standardized approach of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) allows for quantifying the combined impact of morbidity and mortality of diseases and injuries. The main objective of this study was to estimate the direct impact of COVID-19 in France in 2020, using DALYs to combine the population health impact of infection fatalities, acute symptomatic infections and their post-acute consequences, in 28 days (baseline) up to 140 days, following the initial infection.

Methods

National mortality, COVID-19 screening, and hospital admission data were used to calculate DALYs based on the E

SUBMITTER: Haneef R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9873186 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature