A rational approach to estimating the surgical demand elasticity needed to guide manpower reallocation during contagious outbreaks.

Emerging infectious diseases continue to pose serious threats to global public health. So far, however, few published study has addressed the need for manpower reallocation needed in hospitals when such a serious contagious outbreak occurs.To quantify the demand elasticity of the major surgery types...

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Main Authors: Hsiao-Mei Tsao, Ying-Chou Sun, Der-Ming Liou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4383619?pdf=render