Effects of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Other Common Infections, Taiwan

Hong-Hsi Lee; Sheng-Hsuan Lin

doi:10.3201/eid2610.203193

Effects of COVID-19 Prevention Measures on Other Common Infections, Taiwan

Hong-Hsi Lee
, Sheng-Hsuan Lin^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institute of Statistics

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Abstract

To determine whether policies to limit transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) hinder spread of other infectious diseases, we analyzed the National Health Insurance database in Taiwan. Rates of other infections were significantly lower after SARS-CoV-2 prevention measures were announced. This finding can be applied to cost-effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 prevention.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2509-2511
Number of pages	3
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	26
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.203193
State	Published - Oct 2020

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