Pandemic Surge Models in the Time of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2: Wrong or Useful?
editorial · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7326/M20-1956 and PMC identifier 7197037.
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Abstract
Public health decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic involves tradeoffs, uncertainty, and values, and models have been developed to inform administrative and policy decision makers to forecast demand for hospital resources, to understand hospital capacity constraints, and to determine when peak demand occurs. This editorial discusses fundamental differences among 3 models in current use.
Medical subject headings
- Coronavirus Infections
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral