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. 2022 Oct 18;19(20):13437.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph192013437.

Hospital Surge Capacity Preparedness in Disasters and Emergencies: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Md Khalid Hasan  1   2   3 , Sarker Mohammad Nasrullah  2 , Annalisa Quattrocchi  3 , Pedro Arcos González  2 , Rafael Castro Delgado  2
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Hospital Surge Capacity Preparedness in Disasters and Emergencies: Protocol for a Systematic Review

Md Khalid Hasan et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Hospitals' medical surge preparedness or surge capacity preparedness plays a significant role in reducing mortalities and in the treatment of severe injuries in disasters and emergencies. Though actions or activities for surge capacity preparedness of hospitals are discussed in several studies, they remain fragmented and need to be compiled. This systematic review will provide a comprehensive synthesis of evidence of actions or steps taken to strengthen hospitals' medical surge preparedness in disasters and emergencies, which will eventually help develop surge capacity programs and relevant policies. All the studies published in peer-reviewed journals between 1 January 2016 and 30 July 2022, with full text available, will be included in this review. Seven electronic databases-PubMed, Scopus, MEDLINE, CINAHL, Embase, PsycINFO, and Ovid-will be searched. Two reviewers will independently screen the titles and abstracts using the eligibility criteria, review full-text articles, and extract data with the help of CADIMA software. A third reviewer will help resolve any discrepancies during the whole process. The extracted data will be narratively synthesized with the key characteristics and findings of the studies. The NIH quality assessment tools will be used to scale up the the quality of the retrieved quantitative studies. Moreover, the mixed methods appraisal tool (MMAT) and Noyes et al. guidelines will be used to assess the mixed methods studies and qualitative studies quality assessment, respectively.

Keywords: disaster; emergency; hospital; medical surge; preparedness; surge capacity; systematic review.

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