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In response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been substantial variations in policy … public health or medicine. To investigate the effects of officials' professionalism on their response to and performance in …-related policy measures, and health outcomes. We show that, on average, cities whose top officials had public health or …
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In response to the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there have been substantial variations in policy … public health or medicine. To investigate the effects of officials' professionalism on their response to and performance in …-related policy measures, and health outcomes. We show that, on average, cities whose top officials had public health or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704626
Travel restrictions are often imposed to limit the spread of infectious diseases. As uniform restrictions can be inefficient and incur unnecessarily high costs, this paper examines the optimal design of restrictions that target specific travel routes. We propose a model with trade-offs between...
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. This … article summarizes key characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic that should be incorporated in economics and health policy … analyses. We then review the literature on the importance of public health measures, including taking early, targeted, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012427636
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. Three … integrating early, targeted and coordinated public health measures with more equitable social policy, and with health care policy … that realigns incentives of the major players in the health care market. Drawing on evidence from past and present …
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The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is bringing about once-in-a-century changes to human society. This … article summarizes key characteristics of the COVID-19 pandemic that should be incorporated in economics and health policy … analyses. We then review the literature on the importance of public health measures, including taking early, targeted, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249128
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This paper models the local and cross-city transmissions of the novel coronavirus in Chinabetween January 19 and … February 29 in 2020. We examine the role of various socioeconomicmediating factors, including public health measures that … causalinference. Stringent quarantine, city lockdown, and local public health measures imposed sincelate January significantly …
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This paper models the local and cross-city transmissions of the novel coronavirus in China between January 19 and … February 29 in 2020. We examine the role of various socioeconomic mediating factors, including public health measures that … causal inference. Stringent quarantine, city lockdown, and local public health measures imposed since late January …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203019