2023
Optimizing COVID-19 testing strategies on college campuses: Evaluation of the health and economic costs
Johnson K, Pasco R, Woody S, Lachmann M, Johnson-Leon M, Bhavnani D, Klima J, Paltiel A, Fox S, Meyers L. Optimizing COVID-19 testing strategies on college campuses: Evaluation of the health and economic costs. PLOS Computational Biology 2023, 19: e1011715. PMID: 38134223, PMCID: PMC10773932, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1011715.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Adventures in COVID-19 Policy Modeling: Education Edition
Gonsalves GS, Salomon JA, Thornhill T, Paltiel AD. Adventures in COVID-19 Policy Modeling: Education Edition. Current HIV/AIDS Reports 2021, 19: 94-100. PMID: 34826066, PMCID: PMC8617548, DOI: 10.1007/s11904-021-00592-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies to Permit the Safe Opening of Residential Colleges in Fall 2021
Paltiel AD, Schwartz JL. Assessing COVID-19 Prevention Strategies to Permit the Safe Opening of Residential Colleges in Fall 2021. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: m21-2965. PMID: 34461034, PMCID: PMC8422997, DOI: 10.7326/m21-2965.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVaccine effectivenessVaccination coverageAsymptomatic testingBroad vaccination coverageLess frequent testingCOVID-19 prevention strategiesHigh vaccination ratesBase-case assumptionsFall 2021COVID-19 incidenceUnvaccinated personsVaccination ratesDisease progressionHypothetical cohortEffective vaccineAsymptomatic transmissionPrevention strategiesViral transmissionCumulative casesNonpharmaceutical interventionsDrug abuseCumulative infectionsSafe returnVaccinePopulation coverageClinical and Economic Effects of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission.
Paltiel AD, Zheng A, Sax PE. Clinical and Economic Effects of Widespread Rapid Testing to Decrease SARS-CoV-2 Transmission. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: 803-810. PMID: 33683930, PMCID: PMC9317280, DOI: 10.7326/m21-0510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2Antigen testingHome testingSARS-CoV-2 antigen testingIncremental cost-effectiveness ratioSARS-CoV-2 transmissionCost-effectiveness ratioBase-case analysisRapid testingPrevention guidanceDeath avertedDisease progressionInpatient careCommunity transmissionOutcome estimatesTesting interventionsViral transmissionDisease controlInfectionNumber of personsCumulative infectionsNational containment strategyWarrants considerationU.S. populationDeathAdaptive Policies to Balance Health Benefits and Economic Costs of Physical Distancing Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Yaesoubi R, Havumaki J, Chitwood MH, Menzies NA, Gonsalves G, Salomon JA, Paltiel AD, Cohen T. Adaptive Policies to Balance Health Benefits and Economic Costs of Physical Distancing Interventions during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Medical Decision Making 2021, 41: 386-392. PMID: 33504258, PMCID: PMC8084913, DOI: 10.1177/0272989x21990371.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdaptive policiesClear decision rulesSocial costsEconomic costsPolicy makersPhysical distancing policiesDecision toolPolicyPhysical distancing interventionsDistancing policiesModel-based experimentsDecision rulesReal-time surveillance dataCostCOVID-19 pandemicMakersShorter overall durationMore complex modelsHealth benefitsComplex modelsPandemicCurrent pandemicCOVID-19BenefitsRulesSpeed Versus Efficacy: Quantifying Potential Tradeoffs in COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment
Paltiel AD, Zheng A, Schwartz JL. Speed Versus Efficacy: Quantifying Potential Tradeoffs in COVID-19 Vaccine Deployment. Annals Of Internal Medicine 2021, 174: m20-7866. PMID: 33395345, PMCID: PMC7787166, DOI: 10.7326/m20-7866.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Screening Strategies to Permit the Safe Reopening of College Campuses in the United States
Paltiel AD, Zheng A, Walensky RP. Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Screening Strategies to Permit the Safe Reopening of College Campuses in the United States. JAMA Network Open 2020, 3: e2016818. PMID: 32735339, PMCID: PMC7395236, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.16818.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSymptom-based screeningTrue-positive resultsCost-effectiveness analysisHypothetical cohortCumulative infectionsAsymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2Safe returnCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemicSyndrome coronavirus 2Case fatality riskCOVID-19 infectionDisease 2019 pandemicResidential college campusCoronavirus 2Additional infectionsMAIN OUTCOMEBudget impactInfectionBehavioral interventionsCohortFall 2020 semesterWaiting for Certainty on Covid-19 Antibody Tests — At What Cost?
Weinstein MC, Freedberg KA, Hyle EP, Paltiel AD. Waiting for Certainty on Covid-19 Antibody Tests — At What Cost? New England Journal Of Medicine 2020, 383: e37. PMID: 32501664, DOI: 10.1056/nejmp2017739.Peer-Reviewed Original Research