Study: One-month of COVID-19 lockdown cost heart attack patients up to two years of life

Patients who had heart attacks during the first COVID-19 lockdown in the UK and Spain are predicted to live 1.5 and 2 years less, respectively, than their pre-COVID counterparts. That’s the finding of a study published in European Heart Journal—Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes,. The additional costs to the UK and Spanish economies are estimated at £36.6 million (€41.3 million) and €88.6 million, respectively, largely due to absence from work.