Research Article
Decision Model for Allocation of Intensive Care Unit Beds for Suspected COVID-19 Patients under Scarce Resources
Table 1
Previous studies about ICU allocation problem.
| Theme | Authors | Contribution |
| Perceptions and attitudes of health professionals | Giannini and Consonni [18] | Perceptions about inappropriate admissions and resource allocation | Coomber et al. [19] | Occupational stress of ICU doctors |
| Techniques or models to support the ICU allocation problem (or similar issues) | Azcarate et al. [23] | Proposition of a framework | He et al. [20] | Systematic literature review of research design and modeling techniques | Reiz et al. [21] | Use of big data and machine learning | Edenharter et al.[17] | Use of logistic regression model | Cao and Huang [27] | Use of discrete event simulation model | Shmueli and Sprung [22] | Application about survival benefits of allocating a patient to an ICU | Almeida et al. [15] | Model to maximize the expected number of lives of patients in a Pediatric ICU |
| Ethical issues | McGuire and McConnell [25] | Discuss fairness and ethics in the ICU allocation problem | Ghanbari et al. [29] | Systematic literature review about ethical issues involved in allocating resources | Oerlemans et al. [24] | Interviews with health professionals concerning ethical problems | White et al. [26] | Used ethical principles to improve allocation decisions |
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