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)

• Main Authors: Lander Willem (Author), Steven Abrams (Author), Nicolas Franco (Author), Pietro Coletti (Author), Pieter J. K. Libin (Author), James Wambua (Author), Simon Couvreur (Author), Emmanuel André (Author), Tom Wenseleers (Author), Zhuxin Mao (Author), Andrea Torneri (Author), Christel Faes (Author), Philippe Beutels (Author), Niel Hens (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...