Economic impact of acute respiratory disease pandemics: A scoping review.
Abstract: The economic impact of acute respiratory disease pandemics has yet to be specifically systematically reviewed. The aim of this scoping review is to identify and classify the economic impacts and its values and ranges. Unassigned: We conducted a literature search across three key databases using an extensive list of keywords. Then, we included studies which explored direct and indirect costs as well as broader economic impact associated with different nine acute respiratory diseases, i.e., pandemic and seasonal influenza, avian influenza, equine influenza, swine influenza, severe acute respiratory syndrome, coronavirus disease 2019, Middle East respiratory syndrome, H1N1, and H7N9. Unassigned: We included 62 studies in English language between 1987 and 2020, mostly from the countries of East Asia and Pacific pertinent. We classified the economic impact into 5 main categories and 18 subcategories. The main categories were macroeconomic impacts, impacts on health cost, industry, businesses and trade, and education. Unassigned: Respiratory disease pandemics have widely impacted different sectors of economy such as the direct cost on macroeconomic, providing and receiving health services, disease management, industries, business and trade, education, and indirect costs due to productivity losses. However, lots of the reviewed studies were unable to quantify the actual economic cost of these impacts. This made it challenging to conduct any kind of quantitative comparison of the results. A key priority for future research is to develop standard methods to quantify the broader economic costs of respiratory disease pandemics. Understanding the total economic impact of respiratory disease pandemics is a key step to inform national and international priority setting for disease prevention and pandemic control interventions.
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Publication Date: 2022-12-23 PubMed ID: 36685026PubMed Central: PMC9854936DOI: 10.4103/jrms.jrms_870_21Google Scholar: Lookup
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This research article is a comprehensive review of the economic effects of acute respiratory disease pandemics, categorizing the impacts into five primary groups. It underscores the need for standardized methods to quantify these impacts for better disease prevention and control strategies.
Economic Impact Analysis Methodology
- The examination of the economic effects of acute respiratory disease pandemics is done through a scoping review. This is a form of research synthesis that involves identifying, analyzing, and reporting on a broad range of research related to a particular topic.
- The authors conducted an exhaustive literature search across three key databases using a long list of keywords related to the research subject.
- Studies ranging from the years 1987 to 2020 and were included if they evaluated direct and indirect costs, as well as the broader economic impact associated with nine different acute respiratory diseases.
- Most of the studies incorporated into this review were sourced from countries in East Asia and the Pacific region.
Classification of Economic Impact
- The authors classified the economic impacts into five main categories and 18 subcategories.
- The main categories comprised macroeconomic impacts, impacts on health cost, impacts on industry, businesses, and trade, and impacts on education.
Challenges and Recommendations for Future Research
- A substantial challenge highlighted in the review was the inability of many studies to accurately quantify the actual economic costs of these impacts.
- This lack of quantification complicated any efforts to perform a quantitative comparison of the results gathered across all the studies, making it difficult to draw concrete conclusions.
- As such, the authors recommend a key priority for future research; the development of standardized methods to quantify the broader economic costs of respiratory disease pandemics.
- This study emphasizes the importance of understanding the total economic impact of such pandemics as it influences national and international priority setting for disease prevention and pandemic control interventions.
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Hadian SA, Rezayatmand R.
(2022).
Economic impact of acute respiratory disease pandemics: A scoping review.
J Res Med Sci, 27, 88.
https://doi.org/10.4103/jrms.jrms_870_21 Publication
Researcher Affiliations
- Student Research Committee, School of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
- Health Management and Economics Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.
Conflict of Interest Statement
There are no conflicts of interest.
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