Management of hospital beds and ventilators in the Gauteng province, South Africa, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: We conducted an observational retrospective study on patients hospitalized with COVID-19, during March 05, 2020, to October 28, 2021, and developed an agent-based model to evaluate effectiveness of recommended healthcare resources (hospital beds and ventilators) management strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic in Gauteng, South Africa. We measured the effectiveness of these strategies by calculating the number of deaths prevented by implementing them. We observed differ ences between the epidemic waves. The length of hospital stay (LOS) during the third wave was lower than the first two waves. The median of the LOS was 6.73 days, 6.63 days and 6.78 days for the first, second and third wave, respectively. A combination of public and private sector provided hospital care to COVID-19 patien

SUBMITTER: Alavinejad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022393 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature