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Mishra S, Wang L, Ma H, Yiu KCY, Paterson JM, Kim E, Schull MJ, Pequegnat V, Lee A, Ishiguro L, Coomes E, Chan A, Downing M, Landsman D, Straus S, Muller M. Estimated surge in hospital and intensive care admission because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area, Canada: a mathematical modelling study. CMAJ Open 2020; 8:E593-E604. [PMID: 32963024 PMCID: PMC7641231 DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20200093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND In pandemics, local hospitals need to anticipate a surge in health care needs. We examined the modelled surge because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic that was used to inform the early hospital-level response against cases as they transpired. METHODS To estimate hospital-level surge in March and April 2020, we simulated a range of scenarios of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spread in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Canada, using the best available data at the time. We applied outputs to hospital-specific data to estimate surge over 6 weeks at 2 hospitals (St. Michael's Hospital and St. Joseph's Health Centre). We examined multiple scenarios, wherein the default (R0 = 2.4) resembled the early trajectory (to Mar. 25, 2020), and compared the default model projections with observed COVID-19 admissions in each hospital from Mar. 25 to May 6, 2020. RESULTS For the hospitals to remain below non-ICU bed capacity, the default pessimistic scenario required a reduction in non-COVID-19 inpatient care by 38% and 28%, respectively, with St. Michael's Hospital requiring 40 new ICU beds and St. Joseph's Health Centre reducing its ICU beds for non-COVID-19 care by 6%. The absolute difference between default-projected and observed census of inpatients with COVID-19 at each hospital was less than 20 from Mar. 25 to Apr. 11; projected and observed cases diverged widely thereafter. Uncertainty in local epidemiological features was more influential than uncertainty in clinical severity. INTERPRETATION Scenario-based analyses were reliable in estimating short-term cases, but would require frequent re-analyses. Distribution of the city's surge was expected to vary across hospitals, and community-level strategies were key to mitigating each hospital's surge.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sharmistha Mishra
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont.
| | - Linwei Wang
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Huiting Ma
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Kristy C Y Yiu
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - J Michael Paterson
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Eliane Kim
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Michael J Schull
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Victoria Pequegnat
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Anthea Lee
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Lisa Ishiguro
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Eric Coomes
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Adrienne Chan
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Mark Downing
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - David Landsman
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Sharon Straus
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
| | - Matthew Muller
- Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine (Mishra, Coomes, Chan, Muller); MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions (Mishra, Wang, Ma, Yiu, Landsman), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital; Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Paterson, Schull), University of Toronto; ICES (Paterson, Kim, Schull, Ishiguro); Decision Support (Pequegnat, Lee), Unity Health Toronto; Division of Infectious Diseases (Chan), Sunnybrook Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Downing), St. Joseph's Health Centre, Unity Health Toronto; Department of Medicine (Straus), St. Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto; Infection Prevention and Control (Muller), St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, Toronto, Ont
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