How New Mexico Leveraged a COVID-19 Case Forecasting Model to Preemptively Address the Health Care Needs of the State: Quantitative Analysis

• Main Authors: Castro, Lauren A (Author), Shelley, Courtney D (Author), Osthus, Dave (Author), Michaud, Isaac (Author), Mitchell, Jason (Author), Manore, Carrie A (Author), Del Valle, Sara Y (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: JMIR Publications, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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BackgroundPrior to the COVID-19 pandemic, US hospitals relied on static projections of future trends for long-term planning and were only beginning to consider forecasting methods for short-term planning of staffing and other resources. With the overwhelming burden imposed by COVID-19 on the health...