{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["116(5)"],"submitter":["Hentschker C"],"funding":["Technische Universität Berlin"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have a high morbidity and mortality and are often dependent on intensive care, especially mechanical ventilation. Little is as yet known about COVID-19 patient allocation.<h4>Objectives</h4>Analysis of the structures of German hospital care for COVID-19 patients up to July 2020 in terms of number of beds and previous ventilation experience.<h4>Data and methods</h4>For the analysis of the care structures, only completed COVID-19 cases in which the virus was detected by a PCR test were evaluated. Claims data from the German Local Health Care Funds (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkassen, AOK) were analysed. The sample includes 17,094 COVID-19 cases that were treated in 1082 hospitals.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 77% of all hosp"],"journal":["Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin"],"pagination":["431-439"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7837335"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["[Structure of hospital care for COVID-19 patients up to July 2020 in Germany]."],"pmcid":["PMC7837335"],"pubmed_authors":["Malzahn J","Scheller-Kreinsen D","Klauber J","Schillinger G","Busse R","Hentschker C","Karagiannidis C","Mostert C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"[Structure of hospital care for COVID-19 patients up to July 2020 in Germany].","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients have a high morbidity and mortality and are often dependent on intensive care, especially mechanical ventilation. Little is as yet known about COVID-19 patient allocation.<h4>Objectives</h4>Analysis of the structures of German hospital care for COVID-19 patients up to July 2020 in terms of number of beds and previous ventilation experience.<h4>Data and methods</h4>For the analysis of the care structures, only completed COVID-19 cases in which the virus was detected by a PCR test were evaluated. Claims data from the German Local Health Care Funds (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkassen, AOK) were analysed. The sample includes 17,094 COVID-19 cases that were treated in 1082 hospitals.<h4>Results</h4>A total of 77% of all hosp","dates":{"release":"2021-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2021 Jun","modification":"2025-06-01T01:16:43.963Z","creation":"2021-02-21T04:34:02Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7837335","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33501514"],"doi":["10.1007/s00063-021-00776-6"]}}