Wagschal Uwe
University of Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau Germany.
Eur Policy Anal. 2022 Spring;8(2):231-247. doi: 10.1002/epa2.1146. Epub 2022 May 10.
The paper analyses the determinants of mortality during the Corona pandemic. In a first step, possible causes are subjected to a global comparison.The focus is on political, institutional, economic, demographic and health policy factors. It is shown that, contrary to the assumption, democratic countries have a higher Covid-19 mortality. In a second step, the developed democracies are then analysed to explain this puzzle. Here, more detailed information is used than in the global comparison. It turns out that, measured by the Oxford Stringency Index, government action has been largely unsuccessful. Also, the party-political composition of the government does not play a role.The most important factors are a country's governance structures, the level of corona incidence, a country's burden of high-risk patients and its health system. In addition, cultural factors and the vaccination rate seem to have an influence on mortality.
本文分析了新冠疫情期间死亡率的决定因素。第一步，对可能的原因进行全球比较。重点关注政治、制度、经济、人口和卫生政策因素。结果表明，与假设相反，民主国家的新冠死亡率更高。第二步，对发达民主国家进行分析以解释这一谜题。在此，使用了比全球比较更详细的信息。结果发现，以牛津严格指数衡量，政府行动在很大程度上并不成功。此外，政府的政党政治构成也不起作用。最重要的因素是一个国家的治理结构、新冠发病率水平、高危患者负担及其卫生系统。此外，文化因素和疫苗接种率似乎对死亡率有影响。
