The Health and Economic Impacts of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Address COVID-19: A Decision Support Tool for State and Local Policymakers

Raffaele Vardavas; Aaron Strong; Jennifer Bouey; Jonathan Welburn; Pedro Nascimento de Lima; Lawrence Baker; Keren Zhu; Michelle Priest; Lynn Hu; Jeanne Ringel

Abstract

This tool provides the information and context that policymakers need now to understand the effects of interventions, weigh the trade-offs between them, and decide when and how these interventions can be relaxed. The tool should be of interest to policymakers and others who wish to use it to understand the potential impacts of various nonpharmaceutical interventions (e.g., school closures, stay-at-home orders) on health and economic outcomes in their communities.

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Topics

COVID-19 nonpharmaceutical interventions public health policy decision support health economics pandemic response policy analysis simulation modeling state policy local government health impact assessment economic impact

Citation

@techreport{Vardavas2020,

author = {Vardavas, Raffaele and Strong, Aaron and Bouey, Jennifer and Welburn, Jonathan and {Nascimento de Lima}, Pedro and Baker, Lawrence and Zhu, Keren and Priest, Michelle and Hu, Lynn and Ringel, Jeanne},
doi = {10.7249/tla173-1},

institution = {RAND Corporation},
title = {{The Health and Economic Impacts of Nonpharmaceutical Interventions to Address COVID-19: A Decision Support Tool for State and Local Policymakers}},
url = {https://www.rand.org/pubs/tools/TLA173-1.html},
year = {2020}
}