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ArticleScientific reports2021

A data-driven approach to measuring epidemiological susceptibility risk around the world.

Alessandro Bitetto, Paola Cerchiello, Charilaos Mertzanis

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. A New Interactive Tool to Visualize and Analyze COVID-19 Data: The PERISCOPE Atlas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Alessandro BitettoDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy. alessandro.bitetto@unipv.it.
Paola CerchielloDepartment of Economics and Management, University of Pavia, Pavia, 27100, Italy.
Charilaos MertzanisCollege of Business, Abu Dhabi University, P.O. Box 59911, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Funding

Horizon 2020 Framework Programme 101016233, H2020-SC1-PHE-CORONAVIRUS-2020-2-RTD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Epidemic outbreaks are extreme events that become more frequent and severe, associated with large social and real costs. It is therefore important to assess whether countries are prepared to manage epidemiological risks. We use a fully data-driven approach to measure epidemiological susceptibility risk at the country level using time-varying information. We apply both principal component analysis (PCA) and dynamic factor model (DFM) to deal with the presence of strong cross-section dependence in the data. We conduct extensive in-sample model evaluations of 168 countries covering 17 indicators for the 2010-2019 period. The results show that the robust PCA method accounts for about 90% of total variability, whilst the DFM accounts for about 76% of the total variability. Our index could therefore provide the basis for developing risk assessments of epidemiological risk contagion. It could be also used by organizations to assess likely real consequences of epidemics with useful managerial implications.

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EpidemicsHumansModels, TheoreticalPrincipal Component AnalysisResearch Design

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PMID34911989
PMCPMC8674252

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