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. 2021 Jan 28:372:n91.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.n91.

Explaining covid-19 performance: what factors might predict national responses?

Fran Baum  1 , Toby Freeman  1 , Connie Musolino  1 , Mimi Abramovitz  2 , Wim De Ceukelaire  3 , Joanne Flavel  1 , Sharon Friel  4 , Camila Giugliani  5 , Philippa Howden-Chapman  6 , Nguyen Thanh Huong  7 , Leslie London  8 , Martin McKee  9 , Jennie Popay  10 , Hani Serag  10 , Eugenio Villar  11
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Explaining covid-19 performance: what factors might predict national responses?

Fran Baum et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Correspondence to: F Baum fran.baum@flinders.edu.au

Fran Baum and colleagues discuss the factors that affected prediction of the success of national responses to covid-19 and will influence future pandemic preparedness

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and have no relevant interests to declare. CM’s time was funded by a grant from the World Bank.

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Relation between Global Health Security Index score and number of covid-19 deaths up to 19 October 2020 (Our World in Data: https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus)
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