Direct impact of COVID-19 by estimating disability-adjusted life years at national level in France in 2020.
Romana HaneefMyriam FayadAnne FouilletCécile SommenChristophe BonaldiGrant M A WyperSara Monteiro PiresBrecht DevleesschauwerAntoine RachasPanayotis ConstantinouDaniel Levy-BruhlNathalie BeltzerAnne GallayPublished in: PloS one (2023)
COVID-19 had a substantial impact on population health in France in 2020. The majority of population health loss was due to mortality. Men had higher population health loss due to COVID-19 than women. Post-acute consequences of COVID-19 had a large contribution to the YLD component of the disease burden, even when we assume the shortest duration of 28 days, long COVID burden is large. Further research is recommended to assess the impact of health inequalities associated with these estimates.