Open AccessRisk Stratification of Nursing Homes to Plan COVID-19 Responses: A Case Study of Victoria, Australia
Author(s) -
Joseph E. Ibrahim,
Yingtong Li,
Charlotte Brown,
Grace B McKee,
Hagar Eren,
Tony Pham
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
disaster medicine and public health preparedness
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.492
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1938-744X
pISSN - 1935-7893
DOI - 10.1017/dmp.2021.207
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , nursing , corporate governance , nursing homes , business , medicine , geography , finance , pathology
Emergency management responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in nursing homes lacked preparation and nuance; moving forward, responses must recognize nursing homes are not generic organizations or services, and individually appreciate each's unique nature, strengths, and limitations. The objective of this study was to describe an approach to stratifying nursing homes according to risk for COVID-19 outbreak.