Contributing factors to personal protective equipment shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic

This study investigates the forces that contributed to severe shortages in personal protective equipment in the US during the COVID-19 crisis. Problems from a dysfunctional costing model in hospital operating systems were magnified by a very large demand shock triggered by acute need in healthcare a...

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Published in:	Preventive medicine Vol. 141; p. 106263
Main Authors:	Cohen, Jennifer, Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Elsevier Inc 01.12.2020
Subjects:	Adult Coronavirus COVID-19 COVID-19 - prevention & control Female Gloves Health Facilities - statistics & numerical data Health Personnel - statistics & numerical data Humans Internal Medicine Male Middle Aged N95 Nurses Pandemics - prevention & control Personal protective equipment Personal Protective Equipment - statistics & numerical data Personal Protective Equipment - supply & distribution PPE Public good Review SARS-CoV-2 Shortage Supply chain United States United States Personal protective equipment COVID-19 Supply chain Coronavirus Shortage Gloves PPE Nurses N95 Public good
ISSN:	0091-7435, 1096-0260, 1096-0260
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