COVID-19 Models for Hospital Surge Capacity Planning: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Health system preparedness for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) includes projecting the number and timing of cases requiring various types of treatment. Several tools were developed to assist in this planning process. This review highlights models that project both caseload and hospital capacity requirements over time.

Methods

We systematically reviewed the medical and engineering literature according to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines. We completed searches using PubMed, EMBASE, ISI Web of Science, Google Scholar, and the Google search engine.

Results

The search strategy identified 690 articles. For a detailed review, we selected 6 models that met our predefined criteria. Half of the models did not includ

SUBMITTER: Klein MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7643009 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature