Coronavirus And The EconomyCarol Propper talks to Dr Melanie Cockroft, a trainee in anaesthetics and intensive care medicine in the NHS. Mel has been a doctor for the past 15 years and has been working in an intensive care unit throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. CP: I imagine that your final year of training coinciding with the pandemic has […]
Does anybody prefer the state of the world now to how it would be with no pandemic? It seems clear that the severe restrictions on daily life and the risk of getting Covid-19 far outweigh any possible gains, except for a very few people. When economists ask who is better off as a result of […]
Concerns about the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents were growing even before Covid-19 and the recession. Vulnerabilities may be heightened as a consequence of the pandemic, lockdown and widespread uncertainty about the future. Against the backdrop of growing concerns about adolescent mental health, Covid-19 and policy responses to contain its spread are likely to […]
Fears of infection have left many people reluctant to go to hospitals and GPs during the pandemic. In many countries, the large reduction in services has put the financial sustainability of healthcare providers at risk under existing payment arrangements. During the pandemic, hospitals and primary care providers (GPs) across the OECD have experienced large drops […]
Was the government doing enough to ‘protect the NHS’ in the years leading up to the pandemic? The UK needs a rigorous assessment of whether a national health service that is always operating at full capacity can cope with unexpected shocks like Covid-19. Protecting the capacity of NHS services is seen as vital for dealing […]
The policy response to Covid-19 has required the population to isolate themselves from most of their friends and families. While this has been necessary to contain the spread of coronavirus, it carries significant risks for other health and wellbeing issues, particularly mental health. Long-term health suffers greatly during recessions (Janke et al, 2020). One of […]
The lockdown was implemented largely to ‘save lives and protect the NHS’ amid fears of capacity being overwhelmed. What are likely to be the effects of the crisis on the supply of NHS healthcare, and on demand for healthcare, now and in the future? The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) is at the forefront of […]
The combination of a global health emergency and an economic downturn is unprecedented. But research evidence on the effects of previous crises and other challenging circumstances can shed light on the potential impact of lockdown and the recession on children’s health. The current situation of a global pandemic, lockdown measures across countries and the resulting […]
India’s comparatively low mortality rate among people with Covid-19 has surprised experts. Some have attributed this to the country’s stringent lockdown and testing strategies, but questions are being raised about the reliability of the data and the accuracy of its interpretation. India recently surpassed Brazil to become the second-worst country to be affected by the […]
An economic downturn affects people’s lives in many ways. Economic research has investigated how recessions affect their health and health behaviour – and how these outcomes vary across different generations and different socio-economic groups. The restrictions placed on economic activity to reduce the spread of the coronavirus will lead to a recession, and it is […]