Maximization of Open Hospital Capacity under Shortage of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccines-An Open Access, Stochastic Simulation Tool.

ABSTRACT: Motive. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the novel situation that hospitals must prioritize staff for a vaccine rollout while there is acute shortage of the vaccine. In spite of the availability of guidelines from state agencies, there is partial confusion about what an optimal rollout plan is. This study investigates effects in a hospital model under different rollout schemes. Methods. A simulation model is implemented in VBA, and is studied for parameter variation in a predefined hospital setting. The implemented code is available as open access supplement. Main results. A rollout scheme assigning vaccine doses to staff primarily by staff's pathogen exposure maximizes the predicted open hospital capacity when compared to a rollout based on a purely hierarchical prior

SUBMITTER: Bosbach WA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8224649 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature