Types of outcomes |
Documented infections, hospitalisations or ICU hospitalisation for COVID-19, COVID-19 deaths, all deaths, quality of life indicators, impact on other diseases, impact on health utilisation, impact on social indicators (e.g. violence, unemployment) |
Timing of measurement |
Short-term, longer-term, determining carry-over effects and interactive effects from use of other interventions in parallel or in sequence |
Data collection on outcomes |
Passive, active, systematic, at different levels of intensity |
Long-term relevance |
Influence of short-term outcomes on longer-term prospects (e.g. few infections in the short term, but creating conditions for many more in the long term) |
Cost-effectiveness |
Strategies sustainable at short-, medium- and longer term; incorporation of cost-effectiveness metrics |
Placing in context to broader gains and risks |
From effects on economy, environment, society and health system at large |