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

Jin-Won Noh, Ki-Bong Yoo, Young Dae Kwon, Jin Hyuk Hong, Yejin Lee and Kisoo Park
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Jin-Won Noh: Department of Health Administration, College of Health Science, Dankook University, Cheonan 31116, Korea
Ki-Bong Yoo: Department of Health Administration, College of Health Sciences, Yonsei University, Wonju 26493, Korea
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

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-7

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.

Keywords: Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS-CoV; infectious disease; prevention; information disclosure policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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