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ArticleScientific reports2020

Predicting mortality for Covid-19 in the US using the delayed elasticity method.

Luis Ángel Hierro, Antonio J Garzón, Pedro Atienza-Montero, José Luis Márquez

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Luis Ángel HierroDepartment of Economics and Economic History, University of Seville, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 1, 41018, Seville, Spain.
Antonio J GarzónDepartment of Economics and Economic History, University of Seville, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 1, 41018, Seville, Spain.
Pedro Atienza-MonteroDepartment of Economics and Economic History, University of Seville, Avda. Ramón y Cajal, 1, 41018, Seville, Spain. atienza@us.es.
José Luis MárquezUniversity Hospital Virgen del Rocio, Avda. Manuel Siurot s/n, 41013, Seville, Spain.

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Abstract

The evolution of the pandemic caused by COVID-19, its high reproductive number and the associated clinical needs, is overwhelming national health systems. We propose a method for predicting the number of deaths, and which will enable the health authorities of the countries involved to plan the resources needed to face the pandemic as many days in advance as possible. We employ OLS to perform the econometric estimation. Using RMSE, MSE, MAPE, and SMAPE forecast performance measures, we select the best lagged predictor of both dependent variables. Our objective is to estimate a leading indicator of clinical needs. Having a forecast model available several days in advance can enable governments to more effectively face the gap between needs and resources triggered by the outbreak and thus reduce the deaths caused by COVID-19.

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COVID-19ForecastingHealth PlanningHumansModels, StatisticalPublic HealthSARS-CoV-2

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PMCPMC7704650

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