Food and healthcare accessibility during COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The pervasive effects of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have put the world to test. Its effects permeate all facets of life including healthcare services and food supplies. However, most empirical studies failed to investigate its effects on the prices of food and healthcare services, which by all standards, are essential commodities. On this background, this study evaluates the impact of COVID-19 reported cases and lockdown stringency measures on the food and healthcare prices in the six (6) worst-affected countries. For empirical purposes, daily prices of food and healthcare services between 22^nd January and 31^st December 2020 were regressed against daily cases of COVID-19 and lockdown stringency measures within the dynamic autoregressive distributed lag procedure

SUBMITTER: Uche E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8691956 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature