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Ambulances Required to Relieve Overcapacity Hospitals: A Novel Measure of Hospital Strain During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States

STUDY OBJECTIVE: One in 4 deaths from COVID-19 has been attributed to hospital crowding. We simulated how many ambulances would be required to rebalance hospital load through systematic interhospital transfers. We assessed the potential feasibility of such a strategy and explored whether transfer re...

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Autores principales: Ioannides, Kimon L.H., Dekker, Annette M., Shin, Michael E., Schriger, David L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: by the American College of Emergency Physicians. 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9356618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35940995
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.annemergmed.2022.05.036