COVID-19 healthcare demand and mortality in Sweden in response to non-pharmaceutical mitigation and suppression scenarios | Zendy

Henrik Sjödin | Zendy; Anders Johansson | Zendy; Åke Brännström | Zendy; Zia Farooq | Zendy; Hedi Katre Kriit | Zendy; Annelies WilderSmith | Zendy; Christofer Åström | Zendy; Johan Thunberg | Zendy; Mårten Söderquist | Zendy; Joacim Rocklöv | Zendy

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COVID-19 healthcare demand and mortality in Sweden in response to non-pharmaceutical mitigation and suppression scenarios

Author(s) -

Henrik Sjödin,

Anders Johansson,

Åke Brännström,

Zia Farooq,

Hedi Katre Kriit,

Annelies WilderSmith,

Christofer Åström,

Johan Thunberg,

Mårten Söderquist,

Joacim Rocklöv

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyaa121

Subject(s) - covid-19 , health care , pandemic , healthcare system , medicine , betacoronavirus , environmental health , intensive care medicine , virology , outbreak , economic growth , economics , disease , infectious disease (medical specialty)

While the COVID-19 outbreak in China now appears suppressed, Europe and the USA have become the epicentres, both reporting many more deaths than China. Responding to the pandemic, Sweden has taken a different approach aiming to mitigate, not suppress, community transmission, by using physical distancing without lockdowns. Here we contrast the consequences of different responses to COVID-19 within Sweden, the resulting demand for care, intensive care, the death tolls and the associated direct healthcare related costs.

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