Socioeconomic Impact of Long COVID
Socioeconomic Impact of Post COVID-19 Condition (Long COVID)
Project Status:Complete
Knowledge User(s)
Public Health Agency of Canada
Patient/Public Partner(s)
Anne Bhéreur
Project Trainee(s)
Dan Kim, Amarildo Ceka, Mary Bunka
Funding Source(s)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through COVID-END
- Public Health Agency of Canada
Project Objectives
To determine what the economic burden of post COVID-19 condition is, what the impact of post COVID-19 condition on return to work is, what the impact of post COVID-19 condition is on productivity loss, and what the economic impact of post COVID-19 condition is on mental health.
Research Approach
Rapid Review
Project Lead(s)
Craig Mitton
Dr. Mitton is a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and Senior Scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation. Dr. Mitton’s research is focused on the application of health economics to impact health policy and to inform clinical practice. He has worked extensively with health authorities in numerous countries on the development and implementation of priority setting and resource allocation processes.
He is the lead author on a book titled “The Priority Setting Toolkit: a guide to the use of economics in health care priority setting” and is the lead or co-author on more than 170 peer reviewed journal articles. In addition, he has delivered over 200 presentations across many different countries and regularly runs workshops and short courses on health economics and health care priority setting.
In 2015, he was awarded a Killam Teaching Prize from the University of British Columbia.
Craig Mitton
School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia
Dr. Mitton is a Professor in the School of Population...