Direct and indirect impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and person-years of life lost with and without disability: A systematic analysis for 18 European countries, 2020–2022
The considerable loss of life without disability and the rise in premature mortality not directly linked to COVID-19 deaths during 2020-2022 suggest a potential broader, longer-term and partially indirect impact of the pandemic, possibly resulting from disruptions in healthcare delivery and services for non-COVID conditions and unintended consequences of COVID-19 containment measures. These findings highlight a need for better pandemic preparedness in Europe, ideally, as part of a more comprehensive global public health agenda.
Authors
- Sara Ahmadi‐Abhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4440-4050)
- Joni V. Lindbohm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9820-2692)
- Piotr Bandosz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6395-6216)
- Mika Kivimaki B (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4699-5627)
- Paul Elliott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7511-5684)
- Abbas Dehghan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6403-016X)
- Martin J. Shipley
Institutions
- Broad Institute (US)
- University of Helsinki (FI)
- UK Dementia Research Institute (GB)
- MRC Centre for Environment and Health
- University College London (GB)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- Gdańsk Medical University (PL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS Medicine
- Published
- 2025-03-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1004541
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Global Health Care Issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 16.89
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- Imperial College London
- Alzheimer’s Research UK
- Academy of Finland
- Medical Research Council