在巴西的奥米克朗流行期间,COVID-19的负担:全国性的回顾性数据库研究研究
Jingyan Yang1,2, Guilherme Cordeiro3, Mauricio Longato3
1Pfizer Inc., New York, NY, USA.
Journal of medical economics
|September 22, 2023
概括
COVID-19给巴西带来了巨大的负担. 这项研究研究了Omicron浪潮期间的临床特征,疫苗接种量和医疗保健成本,揭示了管理大流行病的大量资源利用.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 随着COVID-19的流行,巴西的医疗保健系统面临着巨大的压力.
- 了解Omicron变种期间的负担对于资源分配至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 分析COVID-19病例的临床特征.
- 评估不同年龄组的疫苗接种情况.
- 评估巴西在Omicron占主导地位期间的医疗保健资源利用率和相关成本.
主要方法:
- 一项全国性的回顾性研究利用了巴西的健康和人口统计数据库.
- 在2022年1月至4月期间确定了COVID-19病例 (Omicron BA.1/BA.2波).
- 分析了患者人口统计,疫苗接种情况,医疗保健资源利用率和按年龄组划分的成本.
主要成果:
- 有超过810万个COVID-19病例被确定.
- 在5岁以下的儿童中,接种疫苗的比例较低,但在成年人中,初级剂量超过84%.
- 住院率随着年龄的增长而增加,特别是在75岁及以上,有显著的ICU和机械通风需求的人群中.
- 住院平均每日费用各不相同,但ICU护理成本更高.
结论:
- 该研究量化了巴西COVID-19的重大负担.
- 管理COVID-19需要大量的医疗保健资源,特别是在变种浪潮期间.
- 疫苗接种策略和资源管理对于减轻流行病影响至关重要.
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