Using Insights from Behavioral Economics to Mitigate the Spread of COVID-19

The outbreak of 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become a public health emergency of international concern. The number of COVID-infected individuals and related deaths continues to rise rapidly. Encouraging people to adopt and sustain preventive behaviors is a central focus of public health p...

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Published in:Applied health economics and health policy 2020-06, Vol.18 (3), p.345-350
Main Authors: Soofi, Moslem, Najafi, Farid, Karami-Matin, Behzad
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Behavioral economics
Betacoronavirus
Bias
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Decision Making
Economics
Economics, Behavioral - statistics & numerical data
Health Administration
Health care policy
Health Economics
Health policy
Herding
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Optimism
Pandemics
Pandemics - economics
Pandemics - prevention & control
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Practical Application
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
SARS-CoV-2
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Betacoronavirus
Bias
Coronavirus Infections - prevention & control
Coronavirus Infections - psychology
Coronaviruses
COVID-19
Decision Making
Economics
Economics, Behavioral - statistics & numerical data
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Health care policy
Health Economics
Health policy
Herding
Humans
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health
Optimism
Pandemics
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Pandemics - prevention & control
Pandemics - statistics & numerical data
Pharmacoeconomics and Health Outcomes
Pneumonia, Viral - prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral - psychology
Practical Application
Public Health
Quality of Life Research
SARS-CoV-2
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