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Pandemic risk management: Resources contingency planning and allocation

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  • Chen, Xiaowei
  • Chong, Wing Fung
  • Feng, Runhuan
  • Zhang, Linfeng

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The repeated history of pandemics, such as SARS, H1N1, Ebola, Zika, and COVID-19, has shown that pandemic risk is inevitable. Extraordinary shortages of medical resources have been observed in many parts of the world. Some attributing factors include the lack of sufficient stockpiles and the lack of coordinated efforts to deploy existing resources to the locations of greatest need.

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  • Chen, Xiaowei & Chong, Wing Fung & Feng, Runhuan & Zhang, Linfeng, 2021. "Pandemic risk management: Resources contingency planning and allocation," Insurance: Mathematics and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(PB), pages 359-383.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:insuma:v:101:y:2021:i:pb:p:359-383
    DOI: 10.1016/j.insmatheco.2021.08.001
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