Regional Transfer Coordination and Hospital Load Balancing During COVID-19 Surges
Steven H. Mitchell, Jessica Rigler, Karyn D. Baum
Abstract
The US health care system relies on highly resourced tertiary and quaternary hospitals receiving patients from hospitals that are unable to provide these levels of specialty care. These latter hospitals, often in sparsely populated rural areas or underresourced urban areas, are typically not equipped to provide the consultative, procedural, and surgical expertise found in larger systems.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)SurgeMedicineVirologyGeographyMeteorologyInternal medicineDiseaseInfectious disease (medical specialty)OutbreakTrauma and Emergency Care StudiesDisaster Response and ManagementHealthcare Operations and Scheduling Optimization