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Article: Short- and Medium-Term Impacts of Strict Anti-Contagion Policies on Non-COVID-19 Mortality In China
Title | Short- and Medium-Term Impacts of Strict Anti-Contagion Policies on Non-COVID-19 Mortality In China |
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Issue Date | 2022 |
Publisher | Nature Research (part of Springer Nature). The Journal's web site is located at https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/ |
Citation | Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, v. 6 n. 1, p. 55-63 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The effects of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) public health policies on non-COVID-19-related mortality are unclear. Here, using death registries based on 300 million Chinese people and a difference-in-differences design, we find that China’s strict anti-contagion policies during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced non-COVID-19 mortality outside Wuhan (by 4.6%). The health benefits persisted and became even greater after the measures were loosened: mortality was reduced by 12.5% in the medium term. Significant changes in people’s behaviours (for example, wearing masks and practising social distancing) and reductions in air pollution and traffic accidents could have driven these results. We estimate that 54,000 lives could have been saved from non-COVID-19 causes during the 50 days of strict policies and 293,000 in the subsequent 115 days. The results suggest that virus countermeasures not only effectively controlled COVID-19 in China but also brought about unintended and substantial public health benefits. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308994 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 21.4 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 6.097 |
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dc.contributor.author | Qi, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhang, X | - |
dc.contributor.author | Takana, T | - |
dc.contributor.author | Pan, Y | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yin, P | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, J | - |
dc.contributor.author | Liu, S | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gao, GF | - |
dc.contributor.author | He, G | - |
dc.contributor.author | Zhou, M | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-14T01:39:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-12-14T01:39:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2022 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, v. 6 n. 1, p. 55-63 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2397-3374 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/308994 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The effects of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) public health policies on non-COVID-19-related mortality are unclear. Here, using death registries based on 300 million Chinese people and a difference-in-differences design, we find that China’s strict anti-contagion policies during the COVID-19 pandemic significantly reduced non-COVID-19 mortality outside Wuhan (by 4.6%). The health benefits persisted and became even greater after the measures were loosened: mortality was reduced by 12.5% in the medium term. Significant changes in people’s behaviours (for example, wearing masks and practising social distancing) and reductions in air pollution and traffic accidents could have driven these results. We estimate that 54,000 lives could have been saved from non-COVID-19 causes during the 50 days of strict policies and 293,000 in the subsequent 115 days. The results suggest that virus countermeasures not only effectively controlled COVID-19 in China but also brought about unintended and substantial public health benefits. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Nature Research (part of Springer Nature). The Journal's web site is located at https://www.nature.com/nathumbehav/ | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Nature Human Behaviour | - |
dc.title | Short- and Medium-Term Impacts of Strict Anti-Contagion Policies on Non-COVID-19 Mortality In China | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | He, G: gjhe@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | He, G=rp02837 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/s41562-021-01189-3 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 34845358 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85120077385 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 330877 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 55 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 63 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000723512300001 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | - |