Regional responsibility and coordination of appropriate inpatient care capacities for patients with COVID-19 - the German DISPENSE model.
As of late 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge to health care systems worldwide.Rapidly rising local COVID-19 incidence rates, result in demand for high hospital and intensive care bed capacities on short notice.A detailed up-to-date regional surveillance of the dynamics of the pandemic, precise prediction of required inpatient capacit