Seminar: Killing me quickly - economic development and epidemics in historical perspective
Dr John Tang from the University of Melbourne will be offering insights into 'Killing me quickly: Economic development and epidemics in historical perspective'.
Long-run economic development is associated with improved health outcomes, but this relationship may not hold for countries undergoing structural change. Using historical episodes of epidemics and regional variation within Japan, Dr Tang identifies the roles of various economic and social factors on the incidence of infection and mortality from six acutely infectious diseases. In non-epidemic years, schooling variables are associated with lower infection rates while transport and urbanization are with higher ones. During epidemics, however, school enrolment corresponds with greater infection and mortality, and case fatality rates are negatively related to both enrollment and higher income levels. Total deaths from other causes are also impacted during epidemics, with medical services decreasing non-infectious mortality incidence while income and urbanization are positively correlated.
We'll be asking all to mute their microphones during the presentation, but to switch video settings on where possible, so that our presenter can see their audience. Questions and discussion will be invited from the audience at several points during the presentation.
At the Centre for Health Economics, we are working on running as many of our seminars as possible online while COVID-19 remains an obstacle to getting together. As we will be working with experts and colleagues in other parts of the world there will be some movement in the times and days that seminars run to take into account different time zones and availabilities.
If you would like to be on our seminar email list, please be directly in contact by email to shannon.stanwell@monash.edu.
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Event Details
- Date:
- 6 May 2020 at 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
- Venue:
- This seminar will take place via Zoom - please email shannon.stanwell@monash.edu to register
- Categories:
- Health Economics
Description
Dr John Tang from the University of Melbourne will be offering insights into 'Killing me quickly: Economic development and epidemics in historical perspective'.
Long-run economic development is associated with improved health outcomes, but this relationship may not hold for countries undergoing structural change. Using historical episodes of epidemics and regional variation within Japan, Dr Tang identifies the roles of various economic and social factors on the incidence of infection and mortality from six acutely infectious diseases. In non-epidemic years, schooling variables are associated with lower infection rates while transport and urbanization are with higher ones. During epidemics, however, school enrolment corresponds with greater infection and mortality, and case fatality rates are negatively related to both enrollment and higher income levels. Total deaths from other causes are also impacted during epidemics, with medical services decreasing non-infectious mortality incidence while income and urbanization are positively correlated.
We'll be asking all to mute their microphones during the presentation, but to switch video settings on where possible, so that our presenter can see their audience. Questions and discussion will be invited from the audience at several points during the presentation.
At the Centre for Health Economics, we are working on running as many of our seminars as possible online while COVID-19 remains an obstacle to getting together. As we will be working with experts and colleagues in other parts of the world there will be some movement in the times and days that seminars run to take into account different time zones and availabilities.
If you would like to be on our seminar email list, please be directly in contact by email to shannon.stanwell@monash.edu.
Hope to see you there!
Find out more about CHE seminar series and guest speakers.