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Title: Economic and policy implications of pandemic influenza.

Abstract

Pandemic influenza has become a serious global health concern; in response, governments around the world have allocated increasing funds to containment of public health threats from this disease. Pandemic influenza is also recognized to have serious economic implications, causing illness and absence that reduces worker productivity and economic output and, through mortality, robs nations of their most valuable assets - human resources. This paper reports two studies that investigate both the short- and long-term economic implications of a pandemic flu outbreak. Policy makers can use the growing number of economic impact estimates to decide how much to spend to combat the pandemic influenza outbreaks. Experts recognize that pandemic influenza has serious global economic implications. The illness causes absenteeism, reduced worker productivity, and therefore reduced economic output. This, combined with the associated mortality rate, robs nations of valuable human resources. Policy makers can use economic impact estimates to decide how much to spend to combat the pandemic influenza outbreaks. In this paper economists examine two studies which investigate both the short- and long-term economic implications of a pandemic influenza outbreak. Resulting policy implications are also discussed. The research uses the Regional Economic Modeling, Inc. (REMI) Policy Insight + Model. This modelmore » provides a dynamic, regional, North America Industrial Classification System (NAICS) industry-structured framework for forecasting. It is supported by a population dynamics model that is well-adapted to investigating macro-economic implications of pandemic influenza, including possible demand side effects. The studies reported in this paper exercise all of these capabilities.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
991843
Report Number(s):
SAND2010-1910
TRN: US201022%%8
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; ECONOMIC IMPACT; INFLUENZA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; ECONOMIC POLICY; DECISION MAKING; Influenza viruses.

Citation Formats

Smith, Braeton J, Starks, Shirley J, Loose, Verne W, Brown, Theresa Jean, Warren, Drake E, and Vargas, Vanessa N. Economic and policy implications of pandemic influenza.. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2172/991843.
Smith, Braeton J, Starks, Shirley J, Loose, Verne W, Brown, Theresa Jean, Warren, Drake E, & Vargas, Vanessa N. Economic and policy implications of pandemic influenza.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/991843
Smith, Braeton J, Starks, Shirley J, Loose, Verne W, Brown, Theresa Jean, Warren, Drake E, and Vargas, Vanessa N. 2010. "Economic and policy implications of pandemic influenza.". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/991843. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/991843.
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title = {Economic and policy implications of pandemic influenza.},
author = {Smith, Braeton J and Starks, Shirley J and Loose, Verne W and Brown, Theresa Jean and Warren, Drake E and Vargas, Vanessa N},
abstractNote = {Pandemic influenza has become a serious global health concern; in response, governments around the world have allocated increasing funds to containment of public health threats from this disease. Pandemic influenza is also recognized to have serious economic implications, causing illness and absence that reduces worker productivity and economic output and, through mortality, robs nations of their most valuable assets - human resources. This paper reports two studies that investigate both the short- and long-term economic implications of a pandemic flu outbreak. Policy makers can use the growing number of economic impact estimates to decide how much to spend to combat the pandemic influenza outbreaks. Experts recognize that pandemic influenza has serious global economic implications. The illness causes absenteeism, reduced worker productivity, and therefore reduced economic output. This, combined with the associated mortality rate, robs nations of valuable human resources. Policy makers can use economic impact estimates to decide how much to spend to combat the pandemic influenza outbreaks. In this paper economists examine two studies which investigate both the short- and long-term economic implications of a pandemic influenza outbreak. Resulting policy implications are also discussed. The research uses the Regional Economic Modeling, Inc. (REMI) Policy Insight + Model. This model provides a dynamic, regional, North America Industrial Classification System (NAICS) industry-structured framework for forecasting. It is supported by a population dynamics model that is well-adapted to investigating macro-economic implications of pandemic influenza, including possible demand side effects. The studies reported in this paper exercise all of these capabilities.},
doi = {10.2172/991843},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/991843}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010},
month = {Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2010}
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