Hospital load and increased COVID-19 related mortality in Israel

Hagai Rossman; Tomer Meir; Jonathan Somer; Smadar Shilo; Rom Gutman; Asaf Ben Arie; Eran Segal; Uri Shalit; Malka Gorfine

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-22214-z

Nature Communications (Mar 2021)

Hospital load and increased COVID-19 related mortality in Israel

Hagai Rossman,
Tomer Meir,
Jonathan Somer,
Smadar Shilo,
Rom Gutman,
Asaf Ben Arie,
Eran Segal,
Uri Shalit,
Malka Gorfine

Affiliations

Hagai Rossman: Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Tomer Meir: Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Jonathan Somer: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Smadar Shilo: Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Rom Gutman: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Asaf Ben Arie: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Tel Aviv University
Eran Segal: Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Uri Shalit: Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Malka Gorfine: Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Tel Aviv University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22214-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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COVID-19 has caused many healthcare systems to become overwhelmed, potentially impacting patient care. Here, the authors show that COVID-19-related in-hospital mortality rates in Israel increased in periods of moderate or high hospital load, independent of patient characteristics.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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