United States

This press release summarizes findings from a report generated by a team of economists that advances a reserve system approach to incorporating competing ethical principles for rationing scarce resources in response to a public health emergency. Most resource allocation guidelines Read More

This Viewpoint discusses the challenges of accurately modeling the COVID-19 pandemic and reviews principles that will make some models more useful than others, such as use of granular local data when available, regular updating and revision, and specification of uncertainty Read More

This study calculates the current reproduction number for COVID-19 for each state in the United States. The basic reproduction number is the average number of people to whom an infected person transmits the infection when virtually all individuals in a Read More

This article reports on a recent Boston city council meeting at which councilors urged local hospitals and health authorities that may be forced to allocate scarce critical care resources to consider the impact of systemic racism on the prevalence of Read More

This forthcoming report (currently in pre-proof) from an expert panel of the Task Force for Mass Critical Care and the American College of Chest Physicians discusses the operational steps necessary for preparation and implementation of a triage system to allocate Read More

This modeling study reinforces the need to plan ahead for future efforts to control COVID-19 long into the future. While our focus right now is on social distancing and flattening the curve, we still need to understand the future of Read More

This case series of pregnant women in NYC hospitals found that among pregnant women with COVID-19, 86% possessed mild disease, 9% exhibited severe disease, and 5% developed critical disease – much like everyone else. New York is clearly an epicenter Read More

This op-ed argues that prioritizing patients based on who is most likely to benefit, the most commonly used approach to rationing scarce resources, inherently disadvantages groups who already experience worse health due to historical and structural factors. Rationing crucial resources Read More

This forthcoming article assesses challenges for rural communities and rural hospitals, which often face limitations and disparities in health care workforce and resources, in responding to COVID-19 and potential scarcity of critical care resources.  Rural communities include 20% of the Read More

This report provides data from a recent survey of U.S. adults. Among other findings, respondents were almost evenly divided on the question of ventilator allocation, with 50% favoring priority for patients who are most in need at the moment and Read More