Capacity and organisation of Madrid's community hospitals during first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction and objectives

The first wave of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic exerted enormous stress on the healthcare system. Community of Madrid hospitals responded by restructuring and scaling their capacity to adapt to the high demand for care.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study conducted between 18 March and 21 June 2020 with data from public and private hospitals in CoM, Spain. Absolute and relative frequencies were calculated for inpatients with and without COVID-19, available and occupied beds in intensive care unit (ICU) and non-ICU wards, daily new admissions (NA), individuals awaiting hospitalisation in the emergency department (ED), and discharges.

Results

Compared to pre-pandemic years, during the maximum care pressure period (18 March-17 April

SUBMITTER: Puerta JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8872835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep-Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature