Effect of Information Disclosure Policy on Control of Infectious Disease: MERS-CoV Outbreak in South Korea.
Jin-Won NohKi-Bong YooYoung Dae KwonJin Hyuk HongYejin LeeKisoo ParkPublished in: International journal of environmental research and public health (2020)
This study examined the effect of disclosing a list of hospitals with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) patients on the number of laboratory-confirmed MERS-CoV cases in South Korea. MERS-CoV data from 20 May 2015 to 5 July 2015 were from the Korean Ministry of Health & Welfare website and analyzed using segmented linear autoregressive error models for interrupted time series. This study showed that the number of laboratory-confirmed cases was increased by 9.632 on 5 June (p < 0.001). However, this number was significantly decreased following disclosure of a list of hospitals with MERS-CoV cases (Estimate = -0.699; p < 0.001). Disclosing the list of hospitals exposed to MERS-CoV was critical to the prevention of further infection. It reduced the number of confirmed MERS-CoV cases. Thus, providing accurate and timely information is a key to critical care response.
Keyphrases
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
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- coronavirus disease
- healthcare
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- end stage renal disease
- mental health
- health information
- infectious diseases
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- big data
- patient reported outcomes
- deep learning
- social media
- risk assessment
- machine learning
- health promotion
- patient reported
- data analysis