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Effective COVID-19 Management Prerequisites: National Culture, Governance, Human Development, and Income Inequality

Authors : Barry A. Friedman, Marissa Wheeler

Published in: Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism in the COVID-19 Era

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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COVID-19’s profound impact on global health, well-being, social, economic, and political discourse is unparalleled in recent history, perhaps comparable to the 1918 flu pandemic. Despite the worldwide havoc the current pandemic has caused, there are significant differences among nations with respect to testing, tracing, infection, hospitalization, and ultimately, death rates. In order to effectively manage COVID-19 and future pandemics, it is paramount that macro national factors associated with favorable health outcomes be identified and addressed. This research used four independent macro databases and explored the impact of national culture, governance effectiveness, human development and income inequality on COVID-19 outcomes. Surprisingly, HDI and effective governance indicators were significantly but modestly related to national COVID case and deaths per million outcomes, but in unexpected directions. Implications for future research are discussed.

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Title: Effective COVID-19 Management Prerequisites: National Culture, Governance, Human Development, and Income Inequality
Authors: Barry A. Friedman
Marissa Wheeler
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Strategic Innovative Marketing and Tourism in the COVID-19 Era
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-66153-3

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-66154-0

Copyright Year: 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66154-0_12

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