Prediction of hospital bed capacity during the COVID− 19 pandemic

Prediction of hospital bed capacity during the COVID− 19 pandemic

Abstract Background Prediction of the necessary capacity of beds by ward type (e.g. ICU) is essential for planning purposes during epidemics, such as the COVID− 19 pandemic. The COVID− 19 taskforce within the Ghent University hospital made use of ten-day forecasts on the required number of beds for...

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Main Authors: Mieke Deschepper, Kristof Eeckloo, Simon Malfait, Dominique Benoit, Steven Callens, Stijn Vansteelandt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
COVID− 19
Multistate modeling
Poisson modelling
Hospital data
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06492-3

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-06492-3

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