An Ecological Study Assessing the Relationship between Public Health Policies and Severity of the COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Reliance on government-led policies have heightened during the COVID-19 pandemic. Further research on the policies associated with outcomes other than mortality rates remains warranted. We aimed to determine associations between government public health policies on the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic. This ecological study including countries reporting ≥25 daily COVID-related deaths until end May 2020, utilised public data on policy indicators described by the Blavatnik school of Government. Associations between policy indicators and severity of the pandemic (mean mortality rate, time to peak, peak deaths per 100,000, cumulative deaths after peak per 100,000 and ratio of mean slope of the descending curve to mean slope of the ascending curve) were measured using Spearman rank-order tests

SUBMITTER: Pasdar Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8470125 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature