The impact of quality-adjusted life years on evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies: lessons from age-specific vaccination roll-out and variants of concern in Belgium (2020-2022)

The impact of quality-adjusted life years on evaluating COVID-19 mitigation strategies: lessons from age-specific vaccination roll-out and variants of concern in Belgium (2020-2022)

Abstract Background When formulating and evaluating COVID-19 vaccination strategies, an emphasis has been placed on preventing severe disease that overburdens healthcare systems and leads to mortality. However, more conventional outcomes such as quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and inequality ind...

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Main Authors: Lander Willem, Steven Abrams, Nicolas Franco, Pietro Coletti, Pieter J. K. Libin, James Wambua, Simon Couvreur, Emmanuel André, Tom Wenseleers, Zhuxin Mao, Andrea Torneri, Christel Faes, Philippe Beutels, Niel Hens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
COVID-19
Model
QALY
Vaccine
Non-pharmaceutical intervention
SARS-CoV-2
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18576-w

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18576-w

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