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Parameter
|
Variable |
| Epidemiologic parameters of the outbreak |
Absolute number of cases |
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Rate of incident cases |
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Number of hospitalized cases |
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Number and percent of cases with no identified epidemiologic link |
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Morbidity (including disease severity) and mortality |
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Number of contacts under surveillance and/or quarantine |
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| Healthcare resources |
Hospital/facility bed capacity |
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Isolation/negative pressure room capacity |
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Staff resources |
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Patient/staff ratio |
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Number of isolated or quarantined staff |
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Availability of specifically trained specialists and ancillary staff |
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| Equipment and supplies |
Availability of ventilators |
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Availability of other respiratory equipment |
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Availability of personal protective equipment and other measures |
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Availability of therapeutic medications (SARS and non-SARS specific) |
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| Public health resources |
Investigator to case and contact ratios |
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Number of contacts under active surveillance |
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Number of contacts under quarantine |
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Ability to rapidly trace contacts (number of untraced/interviewed contacts) |
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Ability to implement and monitor quarantine
(staff to contact ratio) |
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Ability to provide essential services (food, water, etc.) |
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| Community cooperation, mobility and compliance |
Degree of compliance with voluntary individual isolation |
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Degree of compliance with active surveillance and voluntary individual quarantine |
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Degree of movement out of the community |
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Degree of compliance with community-containment measures |
