Regional responsibility and coordination of appropriate inpatient care capacities for patients with COVID-19 - the German DISPENSE model.

As of late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge to health care systems worldwide. Rapidly rising local COVID-19 incidence rates, result in demand for high hospital and intensive care bed capacities on short notice. A detailed up-to-date regional surveillance of the dynamics of the pandem...

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Main Authors: Benedict J Lünsmann, Katja Polotzek, Christian Kleber, Richard Gebler, Veronika Bierbaum, Felix Walther, Fabian Baum, Kathleen Juncken, Christoph Forkert, Toni Lange, Hanns-Christoph Held, Andreas Mogwitz, Robin R Weidemann, Martin Sedlmayr, Nicole Lakowa, Sebastian N Stehr, Michael Albrecht, Jens Karschau, Jochen Schmitt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0262491