1. Show or hide comments about the document.

  2. Search over the document's text.

  3. Share the document through social networks or e-mail.

  4. After selecting an area on the page.

  5. ...you can:
    copy the text
    share the segment
    comment
    cite the document

Winter 2020
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 35, Number 4

COVID-19 Case Growth vs. Outcomes: Comparing Regions in the United States

Stephen C. Miller, Troy University
Download Share e-mail
  • << Back to editing
  • Previous version by
  • << Older
  • Newer >>
  • Revert to this one
  • Edit
  • Fullscreen
  • Show comments
  •  
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • Zoom:
     
     
  • Page:  / 13
  •  
  •  
  •  
  • Line spacing:
     
     
  • Word spacing:
     
     
  • Search:FindClose
 
search results
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
432
648
1
0
/index.php?action=ajax&rs=GDMgetPage&rsargs[]=Parte3 2020 Journal of Private Enterprise Vol 35 No 4 Winter.pdf&rsargs[]=0
TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise35(4),2020,2941COVID-19CaseGrowthvs.Outcomes:ComparingRegionsintheUnitedStatesStephenC.MillerTroyUniversity__________________________________________________________AbstractThispaperexaminestheconnectionbetweenregionalCOVID-19casegrowthandoutcomesintheUnitedStatesduringthespringandsummerof2020.IntheNortheast,rapidgrowthinCOVID-19casesduringMarchandAprilledtorapidgrowthinhospitalizationsanddeaths.IntheSouth,casegrowthinJuneandJulywassimilartocasegrowthintheNortheastduringMarchandApril,buthospitalizationspeakedatlessthanhalfthelevelanddeathspeakedataquarterofthelevelofthoseintheNortheast.TrendsintheWestandMidwestwererelativelyflatbycomparison,withslowercasegrowthandlowerlevelsofhospitalizationsanddeathsthanintheSouth.__________________________________________________________JELCodes:I18,C46Keywords:publichealth,governmentpolicy,COVID-19,pandemicI.IntroductionTherapidgrowthofCOVID-19casesintheSouthernUnitedStatesandsomeWesternStatesinMay2020wasdescribedinthemediaasapossiblesecondwaveofinfections.1Thecasedatamostlysuggest,however,thatthiscasegrowthinSouthernstateswaspartoftheregionsfirstwaveofinfections,whichcametwomonthslaterthanitdidinmostNortheasternstates.TherapidgrowthininfectionsinMarchandAprilinNortheasternstateswasnotablydifferentfromthegrowthintheSouthinJuneandJuly.Themainsimilaritybetweenthetworegionsisthepatternincasegrowth,buttheresultingnumbersofpopulation-adjustedhospitalizationsanddeathswereproportionallymuchlower.IntheWesternUnitedStates,caseincreasesduringJuneandJulyledtoincreasesinhospitalizationsanddeathsthatdidnotmatchtheproportionsofthoseintheNortheast.IntheMidwest,JulyandAugustCOVID-19caseincreaseshadminimalimpactson1See,forexample,Achenbachetal.(2020).
GLIFOS-digital_archive