A flexible method for optimising sharing of healthcare resources and demand in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As the number of cases of COVID-19 continues to grow, local health services are at risk of being overwhelmed with patients requiring intensive care. We develop and implement an algorithm to provide optimal re-routing strategies to either transfer patients requiring Intensive Care Units (ICU) or vent...

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Main Authors: Lucas Lacasa, Robert Challen, Ellen Brooks-Pollock, Leon Danon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0241027