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An integrated view on society readiness and initial reaction to COVID-19: A study across European countries.
Article in PloS one, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It carries an expression of concern. Cited by 8 papers.
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- Exploring pandemic preparedness through public perception and its impact on health service quality, attitudes, and healthcare image.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Defining and identifying the critical elements of operational readiness for public health emergency events: a rapid scoping review.BMJ global health · 2024Article
- COVID - 19 in two dialysis centers situated in two neighbouring states of the Western Balkans.BMC nephrology · 2023Observational
- COVID-19 resilience index in European Union countries based on their risk and readiness scale.PloS one · 2023Article
- Expression of Concern: An integrated view on society readiness and initial reaction to COVID-19: A study across European countries.PloS one · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on service delivery systems: evidence from a survey of United States refugee resettlement agencies.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Social Cohesion and Community Resilience during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Northern Romania.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Identifying the preparedness components in COVID-19: Systematic literature review.Journal of education and health promotion · 2022Review
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Abstract
With the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the question of society's capability to deal with an acute health crisis is, once again, brought to the forefront. In the core is the need to broaden the perspective on the determinants of a country's ability to cope with the spread of the virus. This paper is about bringing together diverse aspects of readiness and initial reaction to a COVID-19 outbreak. We proposed an integrated evaluation framework which encapsulates six dimensions of readiness and initial reaction. Using a specific multi-level outranking method, we analysed how these dimensions affect the relative positioning of European countries in the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. The results revealed that the order of countries based on our six-dimensional assessment framework is significantly reminiscent of the actual positioning of countries in terms of COVID-19 morbidity and mortality in the initial phase of the pandemic. Our findings confirm that only when a country's readiness is complemented by an appropriate societal reaction we can expect a less severe outcome. Moreover, our study revealed different patterns of performance between former communist Eastern European and Western European countries.
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