Economic burden of lives lost due to COVID-19 in California State-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Economic burden of lives lost due to COVID-19 in California State

Published:2022-05 Issue:7 Volume:11 Page:489-498
ISSN:2042-6305
Container-title:Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
language:en
Short-container-title:J. Comp. Eff. Res.

Author:

Zheng Michelle¹,Lui Briana²,Komlan Axell-Giovanni A³,Bonaparte Christina R⁴,White Robert S²,Hoyler Marguerite M²

Affiliation:

1. Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Martha Van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA

2. Department of Anesthesiology, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, Box 124, New York, NY 10065, USA

3. University of Notre Dame, College of Science, Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Science Preprofessional Studies, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA

4. Brown University, Candidate for Bachelor of Arts in Public Health with Honors, Providence, RI 02912, USA

Abstract

Aim: To examine the economic impact of lives lost due to the coronavirus pandemic across California and Los Angeles (LA) County. Patients & methods: Years of potential life lost (YPLL) and the value of statistical life (VSL) were calculated using mortality data from the California Department of Public Health, the LA County Department of Public Health and the Social Security Administration websites. Results: In California and LA County, the average YPLL per person were 14.3 and 14.7 and the VSLs were approximately US$219.9 billion and $82.7 billion, respectively. YPLL and VSL were greatest for Latinos aged 50–64. Conclusion: The economic burden of lives lost due to the coronavirus across California and LA County is substantial. Latinos aged 50–64 were most affected.

Publisher

Becaris Publishing Limited

Subject

Health Policy

Link

https://becarispublishing.com/doi/pdf/10.2217/cer-2021-0245

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