Why were some countries more successful than others in curbing early COVID-19 mortality impact? A cross-country configurational analysis.

Why was there considerable variation in initial COVID-19 mortality impact across countries? Through a configurational lens, this paper examines which configurations of five conditions-a delayed public-health response, past epidemic experience, proportion of elderly in population, population density,...

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Main Authors: Bin Chen, Yao Liu, Bo Yan, Long Wu, Xiaomin Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282617