Adapting hospital capacity to meet changing demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To calculate hospital surge capacity, achieved via hospital provision interventions implemented for the emergency treatment of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and other patients through March to May 2020; to evaluate the conditions for admitting patients for elective surgery under varying admission levels of COVID-19 patients.

Methods

We analysed National Health Service (NHS) datasets and literature reviews to estimate hospital care capacity before the pandemic (pre-pandemic baseline) and to quantify the impact of interventions (cancellation of elective surgery, field hospitals, use of private hospitals, deployment of former medical staff and deployment of newly qualified medical staff) for treatment of adult COVID-19 patients, focusing on general and acute (G

SUBMITTER: McCabe R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7565725 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature