Purpose

The study aims to analyze the role of coronavirus testing capacity to possibly reduce the case fatality ratio (CFR) in a large cross-section of countries. The study controlled health-care expenditures, logistics performance index (LPI), carbon damages, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) to understand the nature of causation between the CFR and stated factors.

Design/methodology/approach

The study used a cross-sectional regression apparatus for coefficient estimates and variance decomposition analysis (VDA) for forecasting relationships between the variables over time.

Findings

The results confirmed the W-shaped relationship between CFR and case-to-test ratio (CTR) in the presence of a LPI that exacerbates the CFR cases across countries. The VDA estimates suggest that carbon damages, logistics activities, and CSR are likely to influence CFR over time.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, the study is believed to be the first study that assesses the W-shaped relationship between the CFR and CTR in the presence of dynamic variables, which helps to formulate long-term sustainable health-care policies worldwide.

中文翻译：

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COVID-19 大流行期间的医疗保健预防措施、后勤挑战和企业社会责任：破冰

目的

该研究旨在分析冠状病毒检测能力在可能降低大部分国家的病死率（CFR）方面的作用。该研究控制了医疗保健支出、物流绩效指数 (LPI)、碳损害和企业社会责任 (CSR)，以了解 CFR 与所述因素之间因果关系的性质。

设计/方法/方法

该研究使用横截面回归装置进行系数估计和方差分解分析 (VDA)，以预测变量之间随时间的关系。

发现

结果证实了在存在加剧各国 CFR 病例的 LPI 的情况下，CFR 和病例测试比 (CTR) 之间的 W 形关系。VDA 估计表明，随着时间的推移，碳损害、物流活动和企业社会责任可能会影响 CFR。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，该研究被认为是第一个在存在动态变量的情况下评估 CFR 和 CTR 之间 W 形关系的研究，这有助于在全球范围内制定长期可持续的医疗保健政策.