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ReviewFrontiers in public health2022

Burden of Disease of COVID-19: Strengthening the Collaboration for National Studies.

Sara Monteiro Pires, Grant M A Wyper, Annelene Wengler, José L Peñalvo, Romana Haneef, Declan Moran, Sarah Cuschieri, Hernan G Redondo, Robby De Pauw, Scott A McDonald and 6 more

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Review in Frontiers in public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Provincial Disparities in the COVID-19 Burden: Hospital Data Analysis from Iran.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Sara Monteiro PiresNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
Grant M A WyperPlace and Wellbeing Directorate, Public Health Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Annelene WenglerDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.
José L PeñalvoUnit of Non-Communicable Diseases, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Romana HaneefDépartement des Maladies Infectieuses, Santé Publique France, Saint-Maurice, France.
Declan MoranSchool of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Sarah CuschieriFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Malta, Msida, Malta.
Hernan G RedondoNational Food Institute, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs Lyngby, Denmark.
Robby De PauwDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Scott A McDonaldCentre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands.
Lynelle MoonHealth Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Jad ShedrawyDepartment of Global Public Health, Karolinska Institutet (KI), Stockholm, Sweden.
Elena PallariHealth Innovation Network, London, United Kingdom.
Periklis CharalampousDepartment of Public Health, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Brecht DevleesschauwerDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium.
Elena Von Der LippeDepartment of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute (RKI), Berlin, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objectives: Quantifying the combined impact of morbidity and mortality is a key enabler to assessing the impact of COVID-19 across countries and within countries relative to other diseases, regions, or demographics. Differences in methods, data sources, and definitions of mortality due to COVID-19 may hamper comparisons. We describe efforts to support countries in estimating the national-level burden of COVID-19 using disability-adjusted life years. Methods: The European Burden of Disease Network developed a consensus methodology, as well as a range of capacity-building activities to support burden of COVID-19 studies. These activities have supported 11 national studies so far, with study periods between January 2020 and December 2021. Results: National studies dealt with various data gaps and different assumptions were made to face knowledge gaps. Still, they delivered broadly comparable results that allow for interpretation of consistencies, as well as differences in the quantified direct health impact of the pandemic. Discussion: Harmonized efforts and methodologies have allowed for comparable estimates and communication of results. Future studies should evaluate the impact of interventions, and unravel the indirect health impact of the COVID-19 crisis.

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COVID-19Cost of IllnessHumansMorbidityPandemicsQuality-Adjusted Life Yearscapacity buildingcoronavirusCOVID-19DALYdisability-adjusted life yearEuropean Burden of Disease Network

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PMID35734754
PMCPMC9208200

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