Christina C Bartenschlager, Milena Grieger, Johanna Erber, Tobias Neidel, Stefan Borgmann, Jörg J Vehreschild, Markus Steinbrecher, Siegbert Rieg, Melanie Stecher, Christine Dhillon, Maria M Ruethrich, Carolin E M Jakob, Martin Hower, Axel R Heller, Maria Vehreschild, Christoph Wyen, Helmut Messmann, Christiane Piepel, Jens O Brunner, Frank Hanses, Christoph Römmele
The Covid-19 pandemic has pushed many hospitals to their capacity limits. Therefore, a triage of patients has been discussed controversially primarily through an ethical perspective. The term triage contains many aspects such as urgency of treatment, severity of the disease and pre-existing conditions, access to critical care, or the classification of patients regarding subsequent clinical pathways starting from the emergency department. The determination of the pathways is important not only for patient care, but also for capacity planning in hospitals...
July 10, 2023: Health Care Management Science