Act early to prevent infections and save lives: causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the Covid-19 pandemic
This paper examines the impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an exogenous policy on diagnostic confirmation, we show that a one- day decrease in the time taken to confirm the first case in a city publicly led to 9.4% and 12.7% reductions in COVID-19 prevalence and mortalit...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Book/Monograph Arbeitspapier |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Schriftenreihe: | IZA Discussion Paper
No. 13749 |
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Discussion paper series (No. 13749)
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| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3704132 |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, kostenfrei: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3704132 Resolving-System, kostenfrei: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3704132 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Simiao Chen, Zhangfend Jin, David E. Bloom |
| Zusammenfassung: | This paper examines the impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an exogenous policy on diagnostic confirmation, we show that a one- day decrease in the time taken to confirm the first case in a city publicly led to 9.4% and 12.7% reductions in COVID-19 prevalence and mortality over the subsequent six months, respectively. The impact is larger for cities that are farther from the COVID-19 epicenter, are exposed to less migration, and have more responsive public health systems. Social distancing and a less burdened health system are likely the underlying mechanisms, while the latter also explains the more profound impact on reducing deaths than reducing infections |
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| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| DOI: | 10.2139/ssrn.3704132 |
| Zugangseinschränkungen: | Open Access |