Open AccessEstimating Brazilian states’ demands for intensive care unit and clinical hospital beds during the COVID-19 pandemic: development of a predictive model
Author(s) -
João Flávio de Freitas Almeida,
Samuel Vieira Conceição,
Luiz Ricardo Pinto,
Cláudia Júlia Guimarães Horta,
Virgínia Silva Magalhães,
Francisco Carlos Cardoso de Campos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
são paulo medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.344
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1806-9460
pISSN - 1516-3180
DOI - 10.1590/1516-3180.2020.0517.r1.0212020
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , informatics , christian ministry , intensive care unit , health care , medical emergency , intensive care , health informatics , public health , nursing , intensive care medicine , economic growth , disease , philosophy , theology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , electrical engineering , economics , engineering
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.