在COVID-19大流行期间,北欧国家的流行病学结果和政策实施
Adam Hallberg1, Mia Aakjaer2, Katri Aaltonen3
1Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Box 580, Uppsala, 751 23, Sweden.
Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique
|February 20, 2025
概括
北欧国家实施了各种各样的COVID-19战略. 尽管政策和严格程度各不相同,但丹麦,芬兰,冰岛,挪威和瑞典的长期过度死亡率仍然相似,提供跨国学习机会.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 进行比较分析分析.
背景情况:
- 围绕减轻COVID-19流行病对社会影响的有效策略进行了激烈的辩论.
- 本研究重点关注北欧国家的流行病学结果和政策实施.
研究的目的:
- 为北欧国家提供COVID-19的主要流行病学结果措施的概述.
- 分析为制疫情而采取的后续政策实施.
主要方法:
- 在丹麦,芬兰,冰岛,挪威和瑞典的COVID-19感染,住院,重症监护室 (ICU) 住院,死亡率和过度死亡率的时间趋势的比较分析.
- 根据13个实施的政策 (制和卫生系统) 评估了流行病学模式,并使用严格度指数进行总结.
- 数据来源于我们的世界数据,牛津COVID-19政府响应追踪器和欧盟统计局2020年1月1日至2022年4月30日期间的数据.
主要成果:
- 在前三波疫情中,瑞典的感染,死亡,住院和重症监护室患者数量较高,而丹麦在第四波疫情中超过了瑞典.
- 紧迫性指数差异很大,冰岛的平均值最低,瑞典的平均值最高.
- 在研究期间,冰岛的过度死亡率最低,挪威的ICU入院率最低.
结论:
- 北欧国家采用了各种策略来制COVID-19大流行.
- 尽管政策反应不同,但对过度死亡率的长期影响在这些国家之间是可比的.
- 政策和流行病学措施的差异为跨国学习提供了机会.
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