Potential health and economic impacts of dexamethasone treatment for patients with COVID-19

oleh: Ricardo Águas, Adam Mahdi, Rima Shretta, Peter Horby, Martin Landray, Lisa White, the CoMo Consortium

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01

Deskripsi

Dexamethasone has been shown to have survival benefits for critically ill patients hospitalised with COVID-19 in the UK. Here, the authors estimated the number of lives that could be saved through a UK and global roll out of the drug and demonstrate that it is a cost-effective option.