@article{Wyper_G-2020_5586,
title = {Population vulnerability to COVID-19 in Europe: a burden of disease analysis},
author = {Wyper, G. and Assunção, R. and Cuschieri, S. and Devleesschauwer, B. and Fletcher, E. and Haagsma, J. and Hilderink, H. and Idavain, J. and Lesnik, T. and Von der Lippe, E. and Majdan, M. and Milicevic, M. and Pallari, E. and Peñalvo, J. and Pires, S. and Plab, D. and Santos, J. and Stockton, D. and Thomsen, S. and Grant, I.},
month = {may},
year = {2020},
abstract = {Background - Evidence has emerged showing that elderly people and those with pre-existing chronic health conditions may be at higher risk of developing severe health consequences from COVID-19. In Europe, this is of particular relevance with ageing populations living with non-communicable diseases, multi-morbidity and frailty. Published estimates of Years Lived with Disability (YLD) from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study help to characterise the extent of these effects. Our aim was to identify the countries across Europe that have populations at highest risk from COVID-19 by using estimates of population age structure and YLD for health conditions linked to severe illness from COVID-19.},
volume = {78},
issue = {47},
journal = {Archives of Public Health},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-020-00433-y},
}
