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. 2021 Sep-Oct:43:102121.
doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2021.102121. Epub 2021 Jun 15.

Out-of-hospital mortality as an indicator of health care system saturation: Two waves retrospective analysis

Adil Al Wahaibi  1 , Ruquiah Al Shehi  2 , Amal Al Maani  3 , Seif Al-Abri  4
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Out-of-hospital mortality as an indicator of health care system saturation: Two waves retrospective analysis

Adil Al Wahaibi et al. Travel Med Infect Dis. 2021 Sep-Oct.
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Keywords: Coronavirus; Hospital admission; Mortality; Newly emerging infectious disease; Severity of COVID-19.

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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Hospital bed occupancy in the hospitals (bar chart) classified by less than and more than 90% capacity, are shown in green and red, respectively. Out-of-hospital deaths are shown in a purple-colored bar chart and severity index (defined as ICU bed occupancy divided by hospital bed occupancy) as a blue line chart, from 1st April 2020 to 20th April 2021, Oman. (For interpretation of the references to color in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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