Forecasting national and regional level intensive care unit bed demand during COVID-19: The case of Italy.

Given the pressure on healthcare authorities to assess whether hospital capacity allows properly responding to outbreaks such as COVID-19, there is a need for simple, data-driven methods that may provide accurate forecasts of hospital bed demand. This study applies growth models to forecast the dema...

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Main Authors: Simone Gitto, Carmela Di Mauro, Alessandro Ancarani, Paolo Mancuso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0247726