Global analysis of the COVID-19 policy activity levels and evolution patterns: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Since the beginning of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a large number of government policies have been implemented worldwide in response to the global spread of COVID-19. This paper aims at developing a data-driven analysis to answer the three research questions: (a) Compared to the pandemic development, are the global government COVID-19 policies sufficiently active? (b) What are the differences and characteristics in the policy activity levels at the country level? (c) What types of COVID-19 policy patterns are forming?

Methods

Using the Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker data set, we present a global analysis of the COVID-19 policy activity levels and evolution patterns from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022, based on the differential

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277603 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature