A novel comparison framework for epidemiological strategies applied to age-based restrictions versus horizontal lockdowns

作     者：Vasiliki Bitsouni Nikolaos Gialelis Vasilis Tsilidis 

作者机构：Department of MathematicsUniversity of PatrasGR-26504Rio PatrasGreece Department of MathematicsNational and Kapodistrian University of AthensGR-15784AthensGreece School of MedicineNational and Kapodistrian University of AthensGR-11527AthensGreece 

出 版 物：《Infectious Disease Modelling》 (传染病建模（英文）)

年 卷 期：2024年第9卷第4期

页      面：1301-1328页

核心收录：

学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100401[医学-流行病与卫生统计学] 10[医学] 

基　　金：financed by the Research Council of the University of Patras 

主　　题：Epidemiological strategy Comparison scheme Basic reproductive number Horizontal restrictions Aged-based interventions Asymptomatic infectious 

摘      要：During an epidemic,such as the COVID-19 pandemic,policy-makers are faced with the decision of implementing effective,yet socioeconomically costly intervention strategies,such as school and workplace closure,physical distancing,*** this study,we propose a rigorous definition of epidemiological *** addition,we develop a scheme for comparing certain epidemiological strategies,with the goal of providing policy-makers with a tool for their systematic ***,we put the suggested scheme to the test by employing an age-based epidemiological compartment model introduced in Bitsouni et al.(2024),coupled with data from the literature,in order to compare the effectiveness of age-based and horizontal *** general,our findings suggest that these two are comparable,mainly at a low or medium level of intensity.