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. 2021 Mar 30;14(3):339–345. doi: 10.1007/s40271-021-00509-z

Table 3.

QALY values for COVID-19 outcomes

Discounted value set Undiscounted value set
Craig and Rand [7] Pickard et al. [8]
QALY Std. error 95% CI QALY Std. error 95% CI
Not at high risk
 Non-clinical COVID-19 0.98 < 0.00 0.97 0.98 0.91 0.01 0.90 0.92
 Clinical, asymptomatic 0.97 0.01 0.96 0.99 0.89 0.02 0.84 0.93
 Clinical, symptomatic 0.83 0.05 0.73 0.93 0.48 0.12 0.24 0.72
At high risk
 Non-clinical COVID-19 0.96 0.01 0.94 0.97 0.85 0.01 0.82 0.88
 Clinical, asymptomatic 0.95 0.02 0.91 0.98 0.81 0.02 0.72 0.89
 Clinical, symptomatic 0.68 0.10 0.49 0.87 0.10 0.10 − 0.31 0.51

CI confidence interval, QALY quality-adjusted life-year, Std. standard

Clinical COVID-19 if individual selected either: “I tested positive for COVID-19” or “a doctor ordered me to quarantine for possible COVID-19;” otherwise they were labeled non-clinical COVID-19