When Second Best Might Be the Best: Using Hospitalization Data to Monitor the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

The novel coronavirus' high rate of asymptomatic transmission combined with a lack of testing kits call for a different approach to monitor its spread and severity. We proposed the use of hospitalizations and hospital utilization data to monitor the spread and severity. A proposed threshold of...

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Main Authors: Peter J. Mallow, Michael Jones
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-07-01
Series:Frontiers in Public Health
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpubh.2020.00348/full