Decentralisation of health systems and subnational variation in COVID-19 responses in OECD countries
- Funded by British Academy
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Grant number: COV19\201043
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Key facts
Disease
COVID-19Known Financial Commitments (USD)
$13,100Funder
British AcademyPrincipal Investigator
Dr. Hanna KleiderResearch Location
Germany, Italy…Lead Research Institution
King's College London, Department of Political EconomyResearch Priority Alignment
N/A
Research Category
Policies for public health, disease control & community resilience
Research Subcategory
Policy research and interventions
Special Interest Tags
N/A
Study Type
Non-Clinical
Clinical Trial Details
N/A
Broad Policy Alignment
Pending
Age Group
Not Applicable
Vulnerable Population
Not applicable
Occupations of Interest
Not applicable
Abstract
Existing work on policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmingly concentrated on the national level, but more often than not responsibility for public health lies with the regional level of government. By wrongly attributing all authority to the national level, this "methodological nationalism" risks producing some misleading claims. In contrast to existing work, this project therefore analyses the divergence in regional policy responses across five OECD countries: Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Divergence in responses can be the result of policies being tailored to specific regional contexts, but given the highly interdependent nature of the COVID-19 context, uncoordinated policy decisions taken might have severe negative externalities on other jurisdictions. This project seeks to find out whether divergence is the result of a lack of coordination or does whether it reflects a coordinated decision to allow divergence?