The Effect of Fangcang Shelter Hospitals under Resource Constraints on the Spread of Epidemics.

ABSTRACT: Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fangcang shelter hospitals have been built and operated in several cities, and have played a huge role in epidemic prevention and control. How to use medical resources effectively in order to maximize epidemic prevention and control is a big challenge that the government should address. In this paper, a two-stage infectious disease model was developed to analyze the role of Fangcang shelter hospitals in epidemic prevention and control, and examine the impact of medical resources allocation on epidemic prevention and control. Our model suggested that the Fangcang shelter hospital could effectively control the rapid spread of the epidemic, and for a very large city with a population of about 10 million and a relative shortage of medical resources,

SUBMITTER: Li G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10217850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature