Importance of patient bed pathways and length of stay differences in predicting COVID-19 hospital bed occupancy in England

• Main Authors: Quentin J. Leclerc (Author), Naomi M. Fuller (Author), Ruth H. Keogh (Author), Karla Diaz-Ordaz (Author), Richard Sekula (Author), Malcolm G. Semple (Author), ISARIC4C Investigators (Author), CMMID COVID-19 Working Group (Author), Katherine E. Atkins (Author), Simon R. Procter (Author), Gwenan M. Knight (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Predicting bed occupancy for hospitalised patients with COVID-19 requires understanding of length of stay (LoS) in particular bed types. LoS can vary depending on the patient's "bed pathway" - the sequence of transfers of individual patients between bed types durin...