The cost of waiting and the death toll in Italy during the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic☆

ABSTRACT: This paper documents how a prompter implementation of stricter policy measures in Italy would have reduced by about one-fourth of total COVID-19-related deaths during the first wave of the pandemic. The empirical evidence suggests that rigid but timely restrictions would have been a more effective policy tool than implementing progressively stricter measures over an extended period.

SUBMITTER: Girardi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10266887 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature