Functionality of Scarce Healthcare Resource Triage Teams During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Institutional Simulation Study.

ABSTRACT: Plans for allocating scarce healthcare resources during the COVID-19 pandemic commonly involve the activation of institutional triage teams. These teams would be responsible for selecting patients who are most likely to survive to be prioritized to receive scarce resources. However, there is little empirical support for this approach.

Design

High-fidelity triage-team simulation study.

Setting

Healthcare institutions in Washington state.

Subjects

Triage teams, consisting of at least two senior clinicians and a bioethicist.

Interventions

Participants reviewed a limited amount of deidentified information for a diverse sample of critically ill patients. Teams then assigned each patient to one of five prioritization categories defined by likelihood of survival to hos

SUBMITTER: Butler CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8785932 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature