Decision Model for Allocation of Intensive Care Unit Beds for Suspected COVID-19 Patients under Scarce Resources

This paper puts forward a decision model for allocation of intensive care unit (ICU) beds under scarce resources in healthcare systems during the COVID-19 pandemic. The model is built upon a portfolio selection approach under the concepts of the Utility Theory. A binary integer optimization model is...

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Main Authors: Eduarda Asfora Frej, Lucia Reis Peixoto Roselli, Rodrigo José Pires Ferreira, Alexandre Ramalho Alberti, Adiel Teixeira de Almeida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2021-01-01
Series:Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8853787