Modelling the economic impact of COVID19 under different policy choices: Mitigation versus suppression when time is a scarce resource

Stephen Birch

doi:10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100667

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Modelling the economic impact of COVID19 under different policy choices: Mitigation versus suppression when time is a scarce resource

Authors

Birch, Stephen^{1, 2}

¹ Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, University of Queensland, Australia
² Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, UK

Type

Published Article

Journal

SSM - Population Health

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

Oct 14, 2020

Volume

12

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100667

PMID: 33072840

PMCID: PMC7553863

Source

PubMed Central

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Abstract

Keogh-Brown et al.(2020) illustrate the application of economic modelling to inform and guide policy making during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. The methodology is based on linking a general equilibrium economic model to a simple epidemiological model of the infection. In this commentary a number of issues are discussed relating to the construction and application of the model, and the implications of the findings for government policies.

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