Direct medical cost and cost analysis of COVID-19 in Iran: A multicenter cross-sectional study

Mirhashemi, Seyed Hadi; Mostafavi, Hakimeh; Mollajafari, Fariba; Ahmad, Zohreh Zadeh; Hashempour, Reza

doi:10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_57_21

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“…The study found that a symptomatic case of COVID-19 could result in a median direct medical cost of $3,045. Another study calculated average treatment costs in Tehran; after evaluating 400 medical records, it was determined that the average treatment cost for COVID-19 was $1,434, with beds and drugs as the most important factors increasing the cost [ 16 ]. Another study investigated how COVID-19 affects health and medical costs in China.…”

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The optimisation of public health emergency governance: a simulation study based on COVID-19 pandemic control policy

Yang,

2023

Global Health

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Background The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic sparked numerous studies on policy options for managing public health emergencies, especially regarding how to choose the intensity of prevention and control to maintain a balance between economic development and disease prevention. Methods We constructed a cost-benefit model of COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control policies based on an epidemic transmission model. On this basis, numerical simulations were performed for different economies to analyse the dynamic evolution of prevention and control policies. These economies include areas with high control costs, as seen in high-income economies, and areas with relatively low control costs, exhibited in upper-middle-income economies. Results The simulation results indicate that, at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, both high-and low-cost economies tended to enforce intensive interventions. However, as the virus evolved, particularly in circumstances with relatively rates of reproduction, short incubation periods, short spans of infection and low mortality rates, high-cost economies became inclined to ease restrictions, while low-cost economies took the opposite approach. However, the consideration of additional costs incurred by the non-infected population means that a low-cost economy is likely to lift restrictions as well. Conclusions This study concludes that variations in prevention and control policies among nations with varying income levels stem from variances in virus transmission characteristics, economic development, and control costs. This study can help researchers and policymakers better understand the differences in policy choice among various economies as well as the changing trends of dynamic policy choices, thus providing a certain reference value for the policy direction of global public health emergencies.

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The optimisation of public health emergency governance: a simulation study based on COVID-19 pandemic control policy

Yang,

2023

Global Health

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Direct medical cost and cost analysis of COVID-19 in Iran: A multicenter cross-sectional study

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The optimisation of public health emergency governance: a simulation study based on COVID-19 pandemic control policy

The optimisation of public health emergency governance: a simulation study based on COVID-19 pandemic control policy

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