Adapting Hospital Capacity to Meet Changing Demands During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report 27 | NLM

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Adapting Hospital Capacity to Meet Changing Demands During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Report 27

06/15/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: Imperial College London. Published: 6/15/2020. This 26-page report aims to calculate hospital capacity for emergency treatment of COVID-19 and other patients during the pandemic surge in April and May 2020; evaluate the increase in capacity achieved via interventions (cancellation of elective surgery, field hospitals, use of private hospitals, and deployment of former and newly qualified medical staff); and determine how to re-introduce elective surgery considering continued demand from COVID-19 patients. (PDF)