A Report Card on Prevention Efforts of COVID-19 Deaths in US
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Background Knowledge of COVID-19
3. Methods
3.1. Data & Sample
3.2. Efforts
3.2.1. Probability Model Justification
3.2.2. Bayesian Fabric and Second Layer of Data Analysis for Each State
3.3. Learning and Warning from COVID-19 Data Evidence
3.4. Limitations, Criticism, and Recommendations of Our Finding
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Scheme | Balance Factor | N (# Days) | Posterior Mean | Posterior Variance | Vulnerability to Death | ||||
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1/1/2020 | No | data | 31 | ||||||
2/1/2020 | No | data | 29 | ||||||
3/1/2020 | 6.4112 | 0.15 | 26.637 | 0.008 | 31 | 177.175 | 6.443 | 0.008 | 8.6852 × 10−5 |
4/1/2020 | 17.945 | 0.055 | 71.942 | 0.003 | 30 | 1308.96 | 17.98 | 0.008 | 1.23654 × 10−5 |
5/1/2020 | 23.98 | 0.04 | 32.262 | 0.022 | 31 | 797.542 | 24.01 | 0.024 | 2.04433 × 10−5 |
6/1/2020 | 18.02 | 0.053 | 20.237 | 0.04 | 30 | 382.745 | 18.05 | 0.028 | 4.22952 × 10−5 |
7/1/2020 | 12.32 | 0.08 | 50.52 | 0.005 | 31 | 634.551 | 12.35 | 0.008 | 2.51761 × 10−5 |
8/1/2020 | 13.177 | 0.074 | 43.448 | 0.007 | 31 | 585.706 | 13.21 | 0.01 | 2.73495 × 10−5 |
9/1/2020 | 14.36 | 0.067 | 25.115 | 0.021 | 30 | 375.039 | 14.39 | 0.018 | 4.28503 × 10−5 |
10/1/2020 | 20.965 | 0.046 | 21.837 | 0.04 | 31 | 478.846 | 21 | 0.031 | 3.39436 × 10−5 |
11/1/2020 | 32.672 | 0.03 | 30.309 | 0.033 | 30 | 1023.13 | 32.7 | 0.035 | 1.60284 × 10−5 |
12/1/2020 | 36.245 | 0.027 | 51.061 | 0.013 | 31 | 1885.27 | 36.28 | 0.023 | 8.71234 × 10−6 |
1/1/2021 | 28.586 | 0.034 | 69.174 | 0.006 | 31 | 2004.06 | 28.62 | 0.014 | 8.1642 × 10−6 |
2/1/2021 | 19.72 | 0.05 | 44.59 | 0.009 | 28 | 899.385 | 19.75 | 0.014 | 1.80436 × 10−5 |
3/1/2021 | 16.174 | 0.06 | 25.94 | 0.022 | 31 | 435.788 | 16.21 | 0.02 | 3.70254 × 10−5 |
4/1/2021 | 15.92 | 0.06 | 21.478 | 0.032 | 30 | 357.922 | 15.95 | 0.024 | 4.50578 × 10−5 |
5/1/2021 | 15.191 | 0.062 | 17.782 | 0.043 | 31 | 285.28 | 15.22 | 0.027 | 5.64437 × 10−5 |
6/1/2021 | 10.043 | 0.092 | 11.648 | 0.063 | 30 | 127.02 | 10.07 | 0.027 | 0.000124612 |
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Shanmugam, R.; Fulton, L.; Ramamonjiarivelo, Z.; Betancourt, J.; Beauvais, B.; Kruse, C.S.; Brooks, M.S. A Report Card on Prevention Efforts of COVID-19 Deaths in US. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1175. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091175
Shanmugam R, Fulton L, Ramamonjiarivelo Z, Betancourt J, Beauvais B, Kruse CS, Brooks MS. A Report Card on Prevention Efforts of COVID-19 Deaths in US. Healthcare. 2021; 9(9):1175. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091175
Chicago/Turabian StyleShanmugam, Ramalingam, Lawrence Fulton, Zo Ramamonjiarivelo, José Betancourt, Brad Beauvais, Clemens Scott Kruse, and Matthew S. Brooks. 2021. "A Report Card on Prevention Efforts of COVID-19 Deaths in US" Healthcare 9, no. 9: 1175. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091175