A Brief Telephone Severity Scoring System and Therapeutic Living Centers Solved Acute Hospital-Bed Shortage during the COVID-19 Outbreak in Daegu, Korea

• Published in: Journal of Korean medical science Vol. 35; no. 15; pp. e152 - 6
• Main Authors: Kim, Shin-Woo, Lee, Kyeong Soo, Kim, Keonyeop, Lee, Jung Jeung, Kim, Jong-yeon
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 20.04.2020; 대한의학회
• Subjects: Bedding and Linens - supply & distribution; Betacoronavirus; Brief Communication; Coronavirus Infections - epidemiology; COVID-19; Delivery of Health Care; Disease Outbreaks; Humans; Pandemics; Pneumonia, Viral - epidemiology; Republic of Korea; SARS-CoV-2; Surveys and Questionnaires; Telephone; 의학일반; Republic of Korea; COVID-19; Facility Isolation; Brief Severity Scoring System; Telephone; Therapeutic Living Center

With the epidemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2, the number of infected patients was rapidly increasing in Daegu, Korea. With a maximum of 741 new patients per day in the city as of February 29, 2020, hospital-bed shortage was a grea...