An epidemiological modeling framework to inform institutional-level response to infectious disease outbreaks: a Covid-19 case study.

ABSTRACT: Institutions have an enhanced ability to implement tailored mitigation measures during infectious disease outbreaks. However, macro-level predictive models are inefficient for guiding institutional decision-making due to uncertainty in local-level model input parameters. We present an institutional-level modeling toolkit used to inform prediction, resource procurement and allocation, and policy implementation at Clemson University throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Through incorporating real-time estimation of disease surveillance and epidemiological measures based on institutional data, we argue this approach helps minimize uncertainties in input parameters presented in the broader literature and increases prediction accuracy. We demonstrate this through case studies at Clemson and other u

SUBMITTER: Ma Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10973339 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature