Cho Jeong-Yeon, Prakash Tejashree, Lam Wayne, Seegert Nathan, Samore Matthew H, Pavia Andrew T, Nelson Richard E, Chaiyakunapruk Nathorn
Department of Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, United States.
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, United States.
Health Aff Sch. 2025 Mar 6;3(4):qxaf045. doi: 10.1093/haschl/qxaf045. eCollection 2025 Apr.
Containment policies were essential in controlling the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, but they also introduced significant economic challenges. This scoping review aimed to examine the macroeconomic indicators used to assess COVID-19 closure and containment policies in the United States. We reviewed 42 eligible studies from 4516 records identified across PubMed, Web of Science, and EconLit. These studies explored various economic impacts, focusing on employment, labor market indicators, consumer spendings, etc., primarily using publicly available sources. During the pandemic, high-frequency data (eg, mobility and card transactions) became newly accessible and played a key role in evaluating the real-time effects of mitigation policies. Our review summarizes macroeconomic indicators investigated and provides researchers and policymakers with a list of data sources for assessment of economic impacts in the future. This review emphasizes the need for comprehensive evaluations to balance public health measures with economic considerations in future pandemic responses.
防控政策对于控制美国新冠疫情的传播至关重要，但这些政策也带来了重大的经济挑战。本综述旨在研究用于评估美国新冠疫情封锁和防控政策的宏观经济指标。我们从PubMed、科学网和EconLit数据库中筛选出的4516条记录里，回顾了42项符合条件的研究。这些研究主要利用公开资料来源，探讨了各种经济影响，重点关注就业、劳动力市场指标、消费者支出等。在疫情期间，高频数据（如出行和卡交易数据）变得新可获取，并在评估缓解政策的实时效果方面发挥了关键作用。我们的综述总结了所研究的宏观经济指标，并为研究人员和政策制定者提供了一份未来评估经济影响的数据来源清单。本综述强调，在未来应对疫情时，需要进行全面评估，以平衡公共卫生措施与经济考量。
