ArticlePublic health2020
Policy determinants of COVID-19 pandemic-induced fatality rates across nations.
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- Public health effects of travel-related policies on the COVID-19 pandemic: A mixed-methods systematic review.The Journal of infection · 2021Pooled it
- International travel-related control measures to contain the COVID-19 pandemic: a rapid review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
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- Time-dependent risk of COVID-19 death with overwhelmed health-care capacity in Japan, 2020-2022.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Article
- Impact of Vaccination and Control Measures on the Fatality of COVID-19: An Ecological Study.Journal of epidemiology and global health · 2022Article
- What matters the most in curbing early COVID-19 mortality? A cross-country necessary condition analysis.Public administration · 2022Article
- COVID-19 severity: A new approach to quantifying global cases and deaths.Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society) · 2022Article
- The impact of the government response on pandemic control in the long run-A dynamic empirical analysis based on COVID-19.PloS one · 2022Article
- Healthcare indicators associated with COVID-19 death rates in the European Union.Public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the most devastating pandemic to affect humanity in a century. In this article, we assessed tests as a policy instrument and policy enactment to contain COVID-19 and potentially reduce mortalities. STUDY
designA model was devised to estimate the factors that influenced the death rate across 121 nations and by income group.
resultsNations with a higher proportion of people aged 65+ years had a higher fatality rate (P = 0.00014). Delaying policy enactment led to a higher case fatality rate (P = 0.0013). A 10% delay time to act resulted in a 3.7% higher case fatality rate. This study found that delaying policies for international travel restrictions, public information campaigns, and testing policies increased the fatality rate. Tests also impacted the case fatality rate, and nations with 10% more cumulative tests per million people showed a 2.8% lower mortality rate. Citizens of nations who can access more destinations without the need to have a prior visa have a significant higher mortality rate than those who need a visa to travel abroad (P = 0.0040).
conclusionTests, as a surrogate of policy action and earlier policy enactment, matter for saving lives from pandemics as such policies reduce the transmission rate of the pandemic.
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