Deciphering the COVID-19 Health Economic Dilemma (HED): A Scoping Review
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Department of Emergency and Disaster Management, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health, Sackler Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, Tel Aviv 6139001, Israel
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Israel National Center for Trauma & Emergency Medicine Research, The Gertner Institute for Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, Sheba Medical Center, Ramat-Gan 5266202, Israel
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School of Mechanical Engineering, Iby and Aladar Fleischman Faculty of Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 6997801, Israel
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(18), 9555; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189555
Received: 18 August 2021 / Revised: 4 September 2021 / Accepted: 8 September 2021 / Published: 10 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Economic Evaluation in Environmental Research and Public Health)
Lessons learnt from the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak indicate the need for a more coordinated economic and public health response. While social distancing has been shown to be effective as a non-pharmaceutical intervention (NPI) measure to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the economic costs have been substantial. Insights combining epidemiological and economic data provide new theoretical predictions that can be used to better understand the health economy tradeoffs. This literature review aims to elucidate perspectives to assist policy implementation related to the management of the ongoing and impending outbreaks regarding the Health Economic Dilemma (HED). This review unveiled the need for information-based decision-support systems which will combine pandemic spread modelling and control, with economic models. It is expected that the current review will not only support policy makers but will also provide researchers on the development of related decision-support-systems with comprehensive information on the various aspects of the HED.
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Keywords:
health; economics; COVID-19; decision-making; review
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Kaim, A.; Gering, T.; Moshaiov, A.; Adini, B. Deciphering the COVID-19 Health Economic Dilemma (HED): A Scoping Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9555. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189555
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Kaim A, Gering T, Moshaiov A, Adini B. Deciphering the COVID-19 Health Economic Dilemma (HED): A Scoping Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9555. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189555
Chicago/Turabian StyleKaim, Arielle, Tuvia Gering, Amiram Moshaiov, and Bruria Adini. 2021. "Deciphering the COVID-19 Health Economic Dilemma (HED): A Scoping Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9555. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189555
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