Although the upfront investment in preparedness is costly – severe influenza pandemic preparedness is US$4.5bn a year – the estimated annual economic benefits would total US$60bn and US$490bn through averted deaths. “Even if only one tenth of these benefits were to materialize, the returns to public investment in preparedness would still be extraordinarily high.”
Full Citation:
Jonas O, Katz R, Yansen S et al.. 2018. Call for independent monitoring of disease outbreak preparedness. BMJ. 361.
Title of Article: Call for independent monitoring of disease outbreak preparedness
Author(s): Jonas O, Katz R, Yansen S et al.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Name: BMJ
Publication Volume: 361
Publication Source URL: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29794069/
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1136/bmj.k2269