ArticleThe Hastings Center report2020
Scarcity in the Covid-19 Pandemic.
Article in The Hastings Center report, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
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- A Fuzzy Hybrid MCDM Approach for Assessing the Emergency Department Performance during the COVID-19 Outbreak.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Balancing scarce hospital resources during the COVID-19 pandemic using discrete-event simulation.Health care management science · 2021Article
- A critical analysis of the impacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and ecosystems and opportunities for circular economy strategies.Resources, conservation, and recycling · 2021Article
- Operationalization of critical care triage during a pandemic surge using protocolized communication and integrated supportive care.Journal of intensive care · 2020Review
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Abstract
As we write, U.S. cities and states with extensive community transmission of Covid-19 are in harm's way-not only because of the disease itself but also because of prior and current failures to act. During the 2009 influenza pandemic, public health agencies and hospitals developed but never adequately implemented preparedness plans. Focused on efficiency in a competitive market, health systems had few incentives to maintain stockpiles of essential medical equipment. Just-in-time economic models resulted in storage of only those supplies needed then. At the same time, global purchasing in search of lower prices reduced the number of U.S. suppliers, with hospitals dependent on foreign companies. There is still a possibility that the pandemic will be manageably bad rather than unmanageably catastrophic in this country. Immediate, powerful, and sustained federal action could make the difference.
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