Estimation of global case fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using meta-analyses: Comparison between calendar date and days since the outbreak of the first confirmed case | Zendy

Ramy Abou Ghayda | Zendy; Keum Hwa Lee | Zendy; Young Joo Han | Zendy; Seohyun Ryu | Zendy; Sung Hwi Hong | Zendy; Sojung Yoon | Zendy; Gwang Hun Jeong | Zendy; Jinhee Lee | Zendy; Jun Young Lee | Zendy; Jae Won Yang | Zendy; Maria Effenberger | Zendy; Michael Eisenhut | Zendy; Andreas Kronbichler | Zendy; Marco Solmi | Zendy; Han Li | Zendy; Louis Jacob | Zendy; Ai Koyanagi | Zendy; Joaquim Raduà | Zendy; Jae Il Shin | Zendy; Lee Smith | Zendy

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Estimation of global case fatality rate of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) using meta-analyses: Comparison between calendar date and days since the outbreak of the first confirmed case

Author(s) -

Ramy Abou Ghayda,

Keum Hwa Lee,

Young Joo Han,

Seohyun Ryu,

Sung Hwi Hong,

Sojung Yoon,

Gwang Hun Jeong,

Jinhee Lee,

Jun Young Lee,

Jae Won Yang,

Maria Effenberger,

Michael Eisenhut,

Andreas Kronbichler,

Marco Solmi,

Han Li,

Louis Jacob,

Ai Koyanagi,

Joaquim Raduà,

Jae Il Shin,

Lee Smith

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.278

H-Index - 89

eISSN - 1878-3511

pISSN - 1201-9712

DOI - 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.065

Subject(s) - outbreak , case fatality rate , covid-19 , estimation , pandemic , medicine , meta analysis , demography , statistics , epidemiology , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty) , virology , mathematics , management , sociology , economics

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in December of 2019 in China, estimating the pandemic's case fatality rate (CFR) has been the focus and interest of many stakeholders. In this manuscript, we prove that the method of using the cumulative CFR is static and does not reflect the trend according to the daily change per unit of time.

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