Does it matter that standard preparedness indices did not predict COVID-19 outcomes?

Evaluation of the Global Health Security Index as a predictor of COVID-19 excess mortality standardised for under-reporting and age structure

(2023) Jorge Ricardo Ledesma et al.   BMJ Global Health

COVID-19 data are messy: analytic methods for rigorous impact analyses with imperfect data

(2022) Michael A. Stoto et al.   Globalization and Health

Global Health Security Index not a proven surrogate for health systems capacity to respond to pandemics: The case of COVID-19

(2022) Robert Kaba Alhassan et al.   Journal of Infection and Public Health

COVID-19 Policy Impact Evaluation: A guide to common design issues

(2021) Noah A Haber et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

The Global Health Security Index is not predictive of coronavirus pandemic responses among Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development countries

(2020) Enoch J. Abbey et al.   PLoS One

The Science of Improvement

(2008) Donald M. Berwick   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION