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A computational investigation of COVID-19 transmission inside hospital wards and associated costs.
Moreno-Martos, David; Foley, Sean; Parcell, Benjamin; Trucu, Dumitru; Eftimie, Raluca.
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  • Moreno-Martos D; Population Health and Genomics, School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee DD2 4BF, UK.
  • Foley S; Mathematics, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK.
  • Parcell B; Medical Microbiology, NHS Tayside, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK.
  • Trucu D; Mathematics, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK.
  • Eftimie R; Mathematics, School of Science and Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK.
Math Biosci Eng ; 19(7): 6504-6522, 2022 04 25.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35730269
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed a particular burden on hospitals: from intra-hospital transmission of the infections to reduced admissions of non-COVID-19 patients. There are also high costs associated with the treatment of hospitalised COVID-19 patients, as well as reductions in revenues due to delayed and cancelled treatments. In this study we investigate computationally the transmission of COVID-19 inside a hospital ward that contains multiple-bed bays (with 4 or 6 beds) and multiple single-bed side rooms (that can accommodate the contacts of COVID-19-positive patients). The aim of this study is to investigate the role of 4-bed bays vs. 6-bed bays on the spread of infections and the hospital costs. We show that 4-bed bays are associated with lower infections only when we reduce the discharge time of some patients from 10 days to 5 days. This also leads to lower costs for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. In contrast, 6-bed bays are associated with reduced hospital waiting lists (especially when there are also multiple side rooms available to accommodate the contacts of COVID-19-positive patients identified inside the 6-bed bays).
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article

Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 2022 Tipo de documento: Article