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Effect of Information Disclosure Policy on Control of Infectious Disease: MERS-CoV Outbreak in South Korea

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  • Jin-Won Noh

    (Department of Health Administration, College of Health Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea
    Department of Health Sciences, Global Health, University Medical Centre Groningen/University of Groningen, 9713 GZ Groningen, The Netherlands
    Contributed equally to this study as first authors.)

  • Ki-Bong Yoo

    (Department of Health Administration, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Korea
    Contributed equally to this study as first authors.)

  • Young Dae Kwon

    (Department of Humanities and Social Medicine, College of Medicine and Catholic Institute for Healthcare Management, the Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Korea)

  • Jin Hyuk Hong

    (Department of Biostatistics, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea)

  • Yejin Lee

    (Department of Healthcare Management, Eulji University, Seongnam 13135, Korea)

  • Kisoo Park

    (Institute for Occupational & Environmental Health, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul 02841, Korea)

Abstract

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.

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  • Jin-Won Noh & Ki-Bong Yoo & Young Dae Kwon & Jin Hyuk Hong & Yejin Lee & Kisoo Park, 2020. "Effect of Information Disclosure Policy on Control of Infectious Disease: MERS-CoV Outbreak in South Korea," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(1), pages 1-7, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:1:p:305-:d:304223
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