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Lessons from Hospitals’ Experiences in Responding to COVID-19: Policy Note

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dc.contributor.authorChung, Wankyo
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-06T17:28:40Z
dc.date.available2023-12-06T17:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2023-11-05
dc.description.abstractHospitals have faced diverse and serious challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. This policy note attempts to provide a review of hospital experiences and response during this period, together with lessons to support hospitals in preparing and responding to future pandemics. The note highlights the importance of a holistic and comprehensive approach to health care delivery rather than a simple improvement of health care capacity in responding to pandemics and disease outbreaks. During an outbreak or pandemic there is likely to be a need for a country to rapidly expand the capacity for diagnostic testing by expediting its approval process for the availability and use of appropriate test kits. Also, introducing innovative testing venues such as drive-throughs and walk-throughs has significantly helped access and increased the number of tests that can be done on a daily basis. Countries can respond to an increased patient load by increasing hospitals’ surge capacity for mass critical care by mobilizing trained medical teams to intensive care units, and they can improve intensive care capacity by using intermediate care wards, postsurgical recovery rooms, operating theaters, and areas of intervention. Countries can transform public venues such as exhibition centers and residential facilities (such as dormitories for athletes) into health care facilities, where patients with mild to moderate infection can be isolated from their homes while being provided with medical care, disease monitoring, food, shelter, and social activities. Countries need to relax regulatory guidelines, expand reimbursement of costs, and increase access to advancing technology such as telehealth and virtual care to address public health needs and improve care efficiency during the pandemic.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099110823205516731/P17539810c49388d13075149311a2ac1c8c5f35d441c
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/40703
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/40703
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRepublic of Korea – World Bank Group Partnership On COVID-19 Preparedness and Response
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCOVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT
dc.subjectCOVID IMPACT ON HOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOSPITAL PREPAREDNESS
dc.subjectHOSPITAL RESPONSE TO COVID
dc.subjectMANAGING PANDEMIC SURGE
dc.subjectHOSPITAL INNOVATION
dc.titleLessons from Hospitals’ Experiences in Responding to COVID-19en
dc.title.subtitlePolicy Noteen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleLessons from Hospitals’ Experiences in Responding to COVID-19: Policy Note
okr.date.disclosure2023-11-09
okr.date.lastmodified2023-11-09T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypePolicy Note
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099110823205516731/P17539810c49388d13075149311a2ac1c8c5f35d441c
okr.guid099110823205516731
okr.identifier.docmidP175398-0c49388d-3075-4931-a2ac-c8c5f35d441c
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/40703
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34193829
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34193829
okr.identifier.report185734
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099110823205516731/pdf/P17539810c49388d13075149311a2ac1c8c5f35d441c.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.region.countryKorea, Republic of
okr.sectorPublic Administration - Health
okr.themeHealth Systems and Policies,Human Development and Gender,Health Finance,Disease Control,Health System Strengthening,Pandemic Response
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Systems Development & Reform
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Disease Control & Prevention
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Service Management and Delivery
okr.unitHealth Nutrition &Population EAP (HEAHN)
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