Investing to Both Prevent and Prepare for Covid-XX
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19527382 |
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| Authors | Kevin Berry (0000-0002-6904-4349, Providence College, corresponding author), Richard D Horan (0000-0002-4197-9572, Michigan State University), David Finnoff (0000-0003-0775-9733, University of Wyoming), Rachel Pompa (University of Wyoming), Peter Daszak (0000-0002-2046-5695, EcoHealth Alliance) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 114-123 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | EcoHealth (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1612-9202 • E-ISSN: 1612-9210 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10393-022-01576-w |
| PMID | 35277780 |
| OpenAlex | W4220785542 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 15 |
One cause of the high rate of COVID-19 cases in the USA is thought to be insufficient prior capital investment in national health programs to preemptively reduce the likelihood of an outbreak and in national capacity to reduce the severity of any outbreak that does occur. We analyze the choice of capital investments (e.g. testing capacity, stockpiles of PPE, and information sharing capacity) and find the economically efficient capital stock associated with mitigating pandemic risk should be dramatically expanded. Policymakers who fail to invest in public health forgo significant expected cost savings from being prepared
Animal ecology · Business · Economic policy · Economics · Environmental health · Geography · Outbreak · Pandemic · Political science · Public capital · Public health · Public investment · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Medicine · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Finance · Virology
| Highly cited | No |
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