Using the absolute advantage coefficient (AAC) to measure the strength of damage hit by COVID-19 in India on a growth-share matrix

European Journal of Medical Research

Daw-Hsin Yang¹  Tsair-Wei Chien²  Ju-Kuo Lin²  Willy Chou³  Ting-Ya Yang⁴  Yu-Tsen Yeh⁵ 

[1] Department of Gastrointestinal Hepatobiliary, Chiali Chi-Mei Hospital;Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center;Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation;Medical Education Center, Chi-Mei Medical Center;Medical School, St. George’s University of London;

关键词: Four-quadrant diagram;    COVID-19;    Multiply infection rate;    Dashboard;    Google maps;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40001-021-00528-4

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic occurred and rapidly spread around the world. Some online dashboards have included essential features on a world map. However, only transforming data into visualizations for countries/regions is insufficient for the public need. This study aims to (1) develop an algorithm for classifying countries/regions into four quadrants inn GSM and (2) design an app for a better understanding of the COVID-19 situation. Methods We downloaded COVID-19 outbreak numbers daily from the Github website, including 189 countries/regions. A four-quadrant diagram was applied to present the classification of each country/region using Google Maps run on dashboards. A novel presentation scheme was used to identify the most struck entities by observing (1) the multiply infection rate (MIR) and (2) the growth trend in the recent 7 days. Four clusters of the COVID-19 outbreak were dynamically classified. An app based on a dashboard aimed at public understanding of the outbreak types and visualizing of the COVID-19 pandemic with Google Maps run on dashboards. The absolute advantage coefficient (AAC) was used to measure the damage hit by COVID-19 referred to the next two countries severely hit by COVID-19. Results We found that the two hypotheses were supported: India (i) is in the increasing status as of April 28, 2021; (ii) has a substantially higher ACC(= 0.81 > 0.70), and (iii) has a substantially higher ACC(= 0.66 < 0.70) as of May 17, 2021. Conclusion Four clusters of the COVID-19 outbreak were dynamically classified online on an app making the public understand the outbreak types of COVID-19 pandemic shown on dashboards. The app with GSM and AAC is recommended for researchers in other disease outbreaks, not just limited to COVID-19.

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