A flatter curve affords hospitals greater time to prepare for a pandemic surge
This paper quantifies the benefits of flattening the curve (with a constant total patient load over the study period) on the risk of a hospital bed shortage in a pandemic. Using discrete-event simulation of patient care paths in hospitals, synthetic data that eliminates issues of confounding affects...
Main Authors: | Elise Miller-Hooks, Mersedeh Tariverdi, David Prentiss, Thomas D. Kirsch |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-11-01
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Series: | Healthcare Analytics |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772442522000314 |
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