JAAM nationwide survey on the response to the first wave of COVID‐19 in Japan. Part II: how did medical institutions overcome the first wave and how should they prepare for the future?

Jun Oda; Muguruma Takashi; Shigenari Matsuyama; Seizan Tanabe; Tetsuro Nishimura; Yoko Sugawara; Shinji Ogura

doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ams2.592

doi.org/10.1002/ams2.592

JAAM nationwide survey on the response to the first wave of COVID‐19 in Japan. Part II: how did medical institutions overcome the first wave and how should they prepare for the future?

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Acute medicine & surgery1.60

Volume: 7, Issue: 1

Published: Jan 1, 2020

Abstract

To investigate and clarify the surge capacity of staff/equipment/space, and patient outcome in the first wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Japan.We analyzed questionnaire data from the end of May 2020 from 180 hospitals (total of 102,578 beds) with acute medical centers.A total of 4,938 hospitalized patients with COVID-19 were confirmed. Of 1,100 severe COVID-19 inpatients, 112 remained hospitalized and 138 died. There were 4,852...