Simulation of the effects of COVID-19 testing rates on hospitalizations

Bull World Health Organ. 2020 May 1;98(5):299. doi: 10.2471/BLT.20.258186.

Authors

Bernardo Sousa-Pinto¹, João Almeida Fonseca¹, Bruno Oliveira¹, Ricardo Cruz-Correia¹, Pedro Pereira Rodrigues¹, Altamiro Costa-Pereira², Francisco Nuno Rocha-Gonçalves¹

Affiliations

¹ MEDCIDS - Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
² CINTESIS - Center for Health Technology and Services Research, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Betacoronavirus
COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Capacity Building / organization & administration
Clinical Laboratory Techniques*
Computer Simulation
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis*
Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
Coronavirus Infections / prevention & control
Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Intensive Care Units / statistics & numerical data
Pandemics / prevention & control
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis*
Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
Pneumonia, Viral / prevention & control
SARS-CoV-2
World Health Organization