Medicalization of nursing facilities as a real alternative to hospitalization during the COVID-19 pandemic
Revista Espanola de Salud Publica
; 94(e202011151):e1-e7, 2020.
Article
in Portuguese
| GIM | ID: covidwho-1898185
ABSTRACT
Background:
Nursing homes are high-risk environments for the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, as they are a closed environment, with patients who present atypical manifestations of the disease, high risk of unfavorable evolution, and staff who frequently present a high mobility in relation to their jobs. On the other hand, in a pandemic situation, numerous hospitals have suffered periods of great healthcare pressure. The objective of this work was to present an experience of medicalization of a residence where almost 50% of the residents contracted the disease.
coronavirus disease 2019; disease transmission; health care; health services; homes; hospital stay; hospitals; human diseases; mortality; nurses; nursing homes; pandemics; patients; personnel; primary health care; public health; risk factors; viral diseases; workers; man; Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; Spain; Homo; Hominidae; primates; mammals; vertebrates; Chordata; animals; eukaryotes; Severe acute respiratory syndrome-related coronavirus; Betacoronavirus; Coronavirinae; Coronaviridae; Nidovirales; positive-sense ssRNA Viruses; ssRNA Viruses; RNA Viruses; viruses; European Union Countries; high income countries; Mediterranean Region; OECD Countries; Southern Europe; Europe; very high Human Development Index countries; death rate; employees; staff; SARS-CoV-2; viral infections
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Portuguese
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Revista Espanola de Salud Publica
Year:
2020
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Article
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