Open AccessCOVID-19: urgent questions for estimating morbidity, prevalence, case fatality rate and mortality rate
Author(s) -
О. М. Drapkina,
I. V. Samorodskaya,
M. G. Sivtseva,
Е. П. Какорина,
Н. И. Брико,
Sergey Cherkasov,
Vsevolod Zinserling,
P.G. Malkov
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kardiovaskulârnaâ terapiâ i profilaktika
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 16
eISSN - 2619-0125
pISSN - 1728-8800
DOI - 10.15829/1728-8800-2020-2585
Subject(s) - case fatality rate , medicine , covid-19 , mortality rate , public health , population , environmental health , medical emergency , demography , disease , surgery , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , sociology
During epidemics, the usual statistical approaches will not allow determining the readiness of the public health system to take urgent measures to counteract the increase in morbidity, spread and mortality of the population. The quality of the medical, socio-economic and managerial decisions at all levels will depend on the accuracy of statistical data and the possibility of creating adequate prognostic models. However, there are still problems with the identification of COVID-19 cases and the diagnostic accuracy of the methods used. Complex analytical efforts require in order to determine the COVID-19 impact on the health status and case fatality rate/mortality rate.