Tool Weighs Potential Health, Economic Tradeoffs in Pandemic Response
A new model, led by Johns Hopkins University economists and disease experts, integrates personal decision-making into a disease prediction model to improve predictions of how disease will spread.
Inspired by the tensions between health and financial well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic, the model acknowledges the tradeoffs in a health crisis between public health and personal welfare.
- Improve disease forecasting
- Allow decision-makers to better understand implications of policies
- Clarify how policies could affect differing socioeconomic populations
The effort offers a powerful tool to bolster health policy
Author's summary: New tool integrates personal decision-making into disease prediction models.