biostudies-literatureUnknown116(5)Hentschker CTechnische Universität Berlin<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 hospMedizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin431-439https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7837335biostudies-literature[Structure of hospital care for COVID-19 patients up to July 2020 in Germany].PMC7837335Malzahn JScheller-Kreinsen DKlauber JSchillinger GBusse RHentschker CKaragiannidis CMostert Cfalse[Structure of hospital care for COVID-19 patients up to July 2020 in Germany].<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 hosp2021-01-01T00:00:00Z2021 Jun2025-06-01T01:16:43.963Z2021-02-21T04:34:02ZS-EPMC78373353350151410.1007/s00063-021-00776-6