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Deciphering the COVID-19 Health Economic Dilemma (HED): A Scoping Review
Arielle Kaim1,2, Tuvia Gering1, Amiram Moshaiov3
1Department of Emergency and Disaster Management, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
|September 28, 2021
Summary
Coordinated public health and economic responses are crucial for managing pandemics. Understanding the health economic dilemma through combined data can inform better outbreak management strategies and decision-support systems.
Area of Science:
- Public Health
- Health Economics
- Epidemiology
Background:
- COVID-19 highlighted the need for integrated economic and public health strategies.
- Non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) like social distancing, while effective, incur significant economic costs.
- The Health Economic Dilemma (HED) involves balancing public health interventions with economic impacts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review perspectives on managing ongoing and future outbreaks concerning the HED.
- To identify the need for integrated decision-support systems for policy implementation.
- To provide researchers with comprehensive information on the HED.
Main Methods:
- Literature review synthesizing epidemiological and economic data.
- Analysis of theoretical predictions from combined data insights.
- Elucidation of policy implementation perspectives for outbreak management.
Main Results:
- Effective NPIs for COVID-19 have substantial economic consequences.
- A need exists for decision-support systems integrating pandemic modeling and economic models.
- Combined epidemiological and economic data offer new insights into health-economy tradeoffs.
Conclusions:
- Policy decisions during outbreaks must consider both public health and economic factors.
- Development of information-based decision-support systems is essential for effective outbreak management.
- Further research is needed to develop robust systems addressing the HED.
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