Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis to prioritize hospital admission of patients affected by COVID-19 in low-resource settings with hospital-bed shortage

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OBJECTIVE: To use Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) to determine weights for eleven criteria in order to prioritize COVID-19 non-critical patients for admission to hospital in healthcare settings with limited resources.

METHODS: The MCDA was applied in two main steps: specification of criteria for prioritizing COVID-19 patients (and levels within each criterion); and determination of weights for the criteria based on experts' knowledge and experience in managing COVID-19 patients, via an online survey. Criteria were selected based on available COVID-19 evidence with a focus on low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

RESULTS: The most important criteria (mean weights, summing to 100%) are: PaO2 (16.3%); peripheral O2 saturation (15.9%); chest X-ray (14.1%); Modified Early Warning Score-MEWS (11.4%); respiratory rate (9.5%); comorbidities (6.5%); living with vulnerable people (6.4%); body mass index (5.6%); duration of symptoms before hospital evaluation (5.4%); CRP (5.1%); and age (3.8%).

CONCLUSIONS: At the beginning of a new pandemic, when evidence for disease predictors is limited or unavailable and effective national contingency plans are difficult to establish, the MCDA prioritization model could play a pivotal role in improving the response of health systems.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:98

Enthalten in:

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases - 98(2020) vom: 10. Sept., Seite 494-500

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

De Nardo, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Gentilotti, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Mazzaferri, Fulvia [VerfasserIn]
Cremonini, Eleonora [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Goossens, Herman [VerfasserIn]
Tacconelli, Evelina [VerfasserIn]
members of the COVID-19MCDA Group [VerfasserIn]
Durante Mangoni, E [Sonstige Person]
Florio, L L [Sonstige Person]
Zampino, R [Sonstige Person]
Mele, F [Sonstige Person]
Gentile, I [Sonstige Person]
Pinchera, B [Sonstige Person]
Coppola, N [Sonstige Person]
Pisaturo, M [Sonstige Person]
Luzzati, R [Sonstige Person]
Petrosillo, N [Sonstige Person]
Nicastri, E [Sonstige Person]
Corpolongo, A [Sonstige Person]
Cataldo, M A [Sonstige Person]
D'Abramo, A [Sonstige Person]
Maffongelli, G [Sonstige Person]
Scorzolini, L [Sonstige Person]
Palazzolo, C [Sonstige Person]
Boumis, E [Sonstige Person]
Pan, A [Sonstige Person]
D'Arminio Monforte, A [Sonstige Person]
Bai, F [Sonstige Person]
Antinori, S [Sonstige Person]
De Rosa, F G [Sonstige Person]
Corcione, S [Sonstige Person]
Lupia, T [Sonstige Person]
Pinna, S M [Sonstige Person]
Scabini, S [Sonstige Person]
Canta, F [Sonstige Person]
Belloro, S [Sonstige Person]
Bisoffi, Z [Sonstige Person]
Angheben, A [Sonstige Person]
Gobbi, F [Sonstige Person]
Turcato, E [Sonstige Person]
Ronzoni, N [Sonstige Person]
Moro, L [Sonstige Person]
Calabria, S [Sonstige Person]
Rodari, P [Sonstige Person]
Bertoli, G [Sonstige Person]
Marasca, G [Sonstige Person]
Puoti, M [Sonstige Person]
Gori, A [Sonstige Person]
Bandera, A [Sonstige Person]
Mangioni, D [Sonstige Person]
Rizzi, M [Sonstige Person]
Castelli, F [Sonstige Person]
Montineri, A [Sonstige Person]
Coco, C A [Sonstige Person]
Maresca, M [Sonstige Person]
Frasca, M [Sonstige Person]
Aquilini, D [Sonstige Person]
Vincenzi, M [Sonstige Person]
Lambertenghi, L [Sonstige Person]
De Rui, M E [Sonstige Person]
Razzaboni, E [Sonstige Person]
Cattaneo, P [Sonstige Person]
Visentin, A [Sonstige Person]
Erbogasto, A [Sonstige Person]
Dalla Vecchia, I [Sonstige Person]
Coledan, I [Sonstige Person]
Vecchi, M [Sonstige Person]
Be, G [Sonstige Person]
Motta, L [Sonstige Person]
Zaffagnini, A [Sonstige Person]
Auerbach, N [Sonstige Person]
Del Bravo, P [Sonstige Person]
Azzini, A M [Sonstige Person]
Righi, E [Sonstige Person]
Carrara, E [Sonstige Person]
Savoldi, A [Sonstige Person]
Sibani, M [Sonstige Person]
Lattuada, E [Sonstige Person]
Carolo, G [Sonstige Person]
Cordioli, M [Sonstige Person]
Soldani, F [Sonstige Person]
Pezzani, M D [Sonstige Person]
Avallone, S [Sonstige Person]
Bruno, R [Sonstige Person]
Ricciardi, A [Sonstige Person]
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Themen:

COVID-19
Journal Article
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
Pandemic
SARS CoV-2

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Date Completed 21.09.2020

Date Revised 10.01.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijid.2020.06.082

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM311974856