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| Summary: | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: The fragility of healthcare systems worldwide had not been exposed by any pandemic until now. The lack of integrated methods for bed capacity planning compromises the effectiveness of public and private hospitals’ services. OBJECTIVES: To estimate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of intensive care unit and clinical beds for Brazilian states, using an integrated model. DESIGN AND SETTING: Experimental study applying healthcare informatics to data on COVID-19 cases from the official electronic platform of the Brazilian Ministry of Health. METHODS: A predictive model based on the historical records of Brazilian states was developed to estimate the need for hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: The proposed model projected in advance that there was a lack of 22,771 hospital beds for Brazilian states, of which 38.95% were ICU beds, and 61.05% were clinical beds. CONCLUSIONS: The proposed approach provides valuable information to help hospital managers anticipate actions for improving healthcare system capacity. |
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| Main Authors: | Almeida,João Flávio de Freitas |
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| Other Authors: | Conceição,Samuel Vieira; Pinto,Luiz Ricardo; Horta,Cláudia Júlia Guimarães; Magalhães,Virgínia Silva; Campos,Francisco Carlos Cardoso de |
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| Subject: | Public health administration Bed occupancy Coronavirus infections Pandemics Hospital bed capacity Public health planning Population dynamics COVID-19 pandemic COVID-19 virus disease Compartmental model |
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| Year: | 2021 |
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| Country: | Brazil |
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| Document type: | article |
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| Access type: | open access |
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| Associated institution: | IBICT |
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| Language: | English |
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| Origin: | Oasisbr |
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