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Strict lockdown versus flexible social distance strategy for COVID-19 disease: a cost-effectiveness analysis

2020-09-18 health economics Title + abstract only
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ObjectivesTo balance the costs and effects comparing a strict lockdown versus a flexible social distancing strategy for societies affected by Coronavirus-19 Disease (COVID-19). DesignCost-effectiveness analysis. ParticipantsWe used societal data and COVID-19 mortality rates from the public domain. InterventionsThe intervention was a strict lockdown strategy that has been followed by Denmark. Reference strategy was flexible social distancing policy as was applied by Sweden. We derived mortalit...

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