Estimation of the Lifetime Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) Lost Due to Syphilis acquired in the United States in 2018.
Kyueun LeeShiying YouYunfei LiHarrell ChessonThomas L GiftAndrés A BerrutiKatherine HsuReza YaesoubiJoshua A SalomonMinttu RönnPublished in: Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (2022)
Syphilis causes substantial health losses in adults and children. Quantifying these health losses in terms of QALYs can inform cost-effectiveness analyses and can facilitate comparisons of the burden of syphilis to that of other diseases.