Critical supply shortages - The need for ventilators and personal protective equipment during the Covid-19 pandemic

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 382, Issue 18, 2020, Pages E41-

  Ranney, Megan L ^a   Griffeth, Valerie ^b   Jha, Ashish K ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; NONINVASIVE VENTILATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85083202087     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp2006141     Document Type: Review

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