The cost of waiting and the death toll in Italy during the first wave of the covid-19 pandemic()

This paper documents how a prompter implementation of stricter policy measures in Italy would have reduced by about one-fourth of total COVID-19-related deaths during the first wave of the pandemic. The empirical evidence suggests that rigid but timely restrictions would have been a more effective p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Girardi, Alessandro, Ventura, Marco
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10266887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37343450
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2023.104859
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Sumario:This paper documents how a prompter implementation of stricter policy measures in Italy would have reduced by about one-fourth of total COVID-19-related deaths during the first wave of the pandemic. The empirical evidence suggests that rigid but timely restrictions would have been a more effective policy tool than implementing progressively stricter measures over an extended period.

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