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Title
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On the timing of interventions to preserve hospital capacity : lessons to be learned from the Belgian SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in 2020
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Author
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Abstract
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| Using publicly available data on the number of new hospitalisations we use a newly developed statistical model to produce a phase portrait to monitor the epidemic allowing for assessing whether or not intervention measures are needed to keep hospital capacity under control. The phase portrait is called a cliquets' diagram, referring to the discrete alarm phases it points to. Using this cliquets' diagram we show that intervention measures were associated with an effective mitigation of a Summer resurgence but that too little too late was done to prevent a large autumn wave in Belgium. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Archives of public health / Institut scientifique de la santé publique--Louis Pasteur (Belgium); Belgium. Ministère de la santé publique et de l'environnement. - Brussels, 1990, currens
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Publication
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London
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2021
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ISSN
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0778-7367
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2049-3258
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DOI
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10.1186/S13690-021-00685-2
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Volume/pages
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79
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(2021)
, 5 p.
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Article Reference
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164
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ISI
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000698091400001
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Pubmed ID
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34517923
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Medium
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E-only publicatie
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Full text (Publisher's DOI)
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Full text (open access)
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