[HTML][HTML] Access to intensive care in 14 European countries: a spatial analysis of intensive care need and capacity in the light of COVID-19

J Bauer, D Brüggmann, D Klingelhöfer, W Maier… - Intensive care …, 2020 - Springer
Purpose The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) poses major challenges to health-care
systems worldwide. This pandemic demonstrates the importance of timely access to …

[HTML][HTML] A country-level analysis comparing hospital capacity and utilisation during the first COVID-19 wave across Europe

E Berger, J Winkelmann, H Eckhardt, U Nimptsch… - Health Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Background The exponential increase in SARS-CoV-2 infections during the first wave of the
pandemic created an extraordinary overload and demand on hospitals, especially intensive …

Daily changes in spatial accessibility to ICU beds and their relationship with the case-fatality ratio of COVID-19 in the state of Texas, USA

J Park, A Michels, F Lyu, SY Han, S Wang - Applied Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many patients could not receive timely healthcare services
due to limited availability and access to healthcare resources and services. Previous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of socioeconomic deprivation on interventions and outcomes for patients admitted with COVID-19 to critical care units in Scotland: a national cohort …

NI Lone, J McPeake, NI Stewart… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Abstract Background Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can lead to significant
respiratory failure with between 14% and 18% of hospitalised patients requiring critical care …

Identifying areas of potential critical healthcare shortages: A case study of spatial accessibility to ICU beds during the COVID-19 pandemic in Florida

K Kim, M Ghorbanzadeh, MW Horner, EE Ozguven - Transport Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Healthcare resource availability is potentially associated with COVID-19 mortality, and the
potentially uneven geographical distribution of resources is a looming concern in the global …

[HTML][HTML] Critical care capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic: global availability of intensive care beds

X Ma, D Vervoort - Journal of critical care, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1. Background As the COVID-19 pandemic grows, the need for rapid, innovative, and cost-
effective emergency response mechanisms and the presence of gaps in critical care …

[HTML][HTML] The role of organizational characteristics on the outcome of COVID-19 patients admitted to the ICU in Belgium

FS Taccone, N Van Goethem, R De Pauw… - The Lancet Regional …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Several studies have investigated the predictors of in-hospital mortality for
COVID-19 patients who need to be admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). However, no …

[HTML][HTML] Admission decisions to intensive care units in the context of the major COVID-19 outbreak: local guidance from the COVID-19 Paris-region area

É Azoulay, S Beloucif, B Guidet, D Pateron, B Vivien… - Critical Care, 2020 - Springer
SARS-CoV-2 has caused a global pandemic unprecedented in size, spread, severity, and
mortality. The influx of patients with severe or life-threatening disease means that in some …

[HTML][HTML] Conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the COVID-19-related visiting restrictions in the intensive care unit: a Scandinavian cross …

HI Jensen, E Åkerman, R Lind, HB Alfheim… - Intensive and Critical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives To examine conditions and strategies to meet the challenges imposed by the
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related visiting restrictions in Scandinavian intensive …

Critical care utilization for the COVID-19 outbreak in Lombardy, Italy: early experience and forecast during an emergency response

G Grasselli, A Pesenti, M Cecconi - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
On February 20, 2020, a patient in his 30s admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in
Codogno Hospital (Lodi, Lombardy, Italy) tested positive for a new coronavirus, severe acute …