Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to prioritize hospital admission of patients affected by COVID-19 in low-resource settings with hospital-bed shortage

Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to prioritize hospital admission of patients affected by COVID-19 in low-resource settings with hospital-bed shortage

Objective: To use Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to determine weights for eleven criteria in order to prioritize COVID-19 non-critical patients for admission to hospital in healthcare settings with limited resources. Methods: The MCDA was applied in two main steps: specification of criteria...

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Main Authors: Pasquale De Nardo, Elisa Gentilotti, Fulvia Mazzaferri, Eleonora Cremonini, Paul Hansen, Herman Goossens, Evelina Tacconelli, E. Durante Mangoni, L.L. Florio, R. Zampino, F. Mele, I. Gentile, B. Pinchera, N. Coppola, M. Pisaturo, R. Luzzati, N. Petrosillo, E. Nicastri, A. Corpolongo, M.A. Cataldo, A. D’Abramo, G. Maffongelli, L. Scorzolini, C. Palazzolo, E. Boumis, A. Pan, A. D’Arminio Monforte, F. Bai, S. Antinori, F.G. De Rosa, S. Corcione, T. Lupia, S.M. Pinna, S. Scabini, F. Canta, S. Belloro, Z. Bisoffi, A. Angheben, F. Gobbi, E. Turcato, N. Ronzoni, L. Moro, S. Calabria, P. Rodari, G. Bertoli, G. Marasca, M. Puoti, A. Gori, A. Bandera, D. Mangioni, M. Rizzi, F. Castelli, A. Montineri, C.A. Coco, M. Maresca, M. Frasca, D. Aquilini, M. Vincenzi, L. Lambertenghi, M.E. De Rui, E. Razzaboni, P. Cattaneo, A. Visentin, A. Erbogasto, I. Dalla Vecchia, I. Coledan, M. Vecchi, G. Be, L. Motta, A. Zaffagnini, N. Auerbach, P. Del Bravo, A.M. Azzini, E. Righi, E. Carrara, A. Savoldi, M. Sibani, E. Lattuada, G. Carolo, M. Cordioli, F. Soldani, M.D. Pezzani, S. Avallone, R. Bruno, A. Ricciardi, M.P. Saggese, G. Malerba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
SARS CoV-2
COVID-19
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Pandemic
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971220305166

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