Estimating the economic impact of pandemic influenza: An application of the computable general equilibrium model to the UK

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 235-244

  Smith, Richard D ^a   Keogh Brown, Marcus R ^a   Barnett, Tony ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computable general equilibrium; Macroeconomic modelling; Pandemic influenza; UK

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INFLUENZA; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORTALITY; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SCHOOL CLOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABSENTEEISM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MODELS, ECONOMIC; PUBLIC HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79960232903     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.025     Document Type: Article

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