An Analysis of the COVID-19 Contagion Growth in European Countries

Subject Areas : Data Envelopment Analysis

Hadi Shirouyezad ¹ , Javid Jouzdani ² , Mazdak Khodadai-karimvand ³

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Received: 2020-04-05 Accepted : 2020-04-23 Published : 2020-06-01

Keywords: Data envelopment analysis, Performance Evaluation, Malmquist Productivity Index, COVID-19, Contagion Control, Outbreak Response Management,

Abstract :

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected many people around the globe. Europe, as one of the most seriously affected continents, has been struggling with the novel coronavirus for several months. Obviously, outbreak response management plays a critical role in the impact of the disease. Therefore, in this paper, Malmquist Productivity Index is used to evaluate the performance of the most severely affected European countries based on the average contagion rate. The results rank the countries and provides insight for the future.

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