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  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  • Public Health

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  • Understanding COVID-19 transmission is crucial for effective public health interventions.
  • County-level factors like demographics, socioeconomic status, environment, and mobility influence disease spread.
  • Spatial dependence and policy heterogeneity are key considerations in epidemiological modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze COVID-19 transmission across U.S. counties using advanced spatial statistical methods.
  • To compare the performance of spatial models against Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression.
  • To investigate the impact of environmental factors and state-level policies on disease transmission.

Main Methods:

  • Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) regression for baseline analysis.
  • Moran's I for spatial autocorrelation detection.
  • Spatial Autoregressive (SAR) and Spatial Error Models (SEM) for spatial dependence.
  • Multilevel modeling for state-level policy analysis.
  • Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) for spatial non-stationarity.

Main Results:

  • Spatial models (SEM) demonstrated superior fit (R²=0.6846, RMSE=1.642) compared to OLS (R²=0.4849, RMSE=2.0891).
  • Significant spatial clustering of COVID-19 cases was identified.
  • Environmental variables like precipitation and temperature showed localized impacts on transmission.
  • State-level policies were incorporated into a multilevel framework.

Conclusions:

  • Spatial modeling provides a more accurate representation of COVID-19 transmission dynamics than traditional methods.
  • Geographic variations in environmental factors and policy interventions significantly influence disease spread.
  • The integrated methodological framework offers a robust approach for future epidemiological studies with spatial considerations.