Value of information analysis for pandemic response: intensive care unit preparedness at the onset of COVID-19.

ABSTRACT:

Background

During the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was considerable uncertainty surrounding epidemiological and clinical aspects of SARS-CoV-2. Governments around the world, starting from varying levels of pandemic preparedness, needed to make decisions about how to respond to SARS-CoV-2 with only limited information about transmission rates, disease severity and the likely effectiveness of public health interventions. In the face of such uncertainties, formal approaches to quantifying the value of information can help decision makers to prioritise research efforts.

Methods

In this study we use Value of Information (VoI) analysis to quantify the likely benefit associated with reducing three key uncertainties present in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemi

SUBMITTER: Eze PU 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10182758 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature