建模养老院伤害来自COVID-19的员工休假政策
Sarah M Bartsch1,2,3, Colleen Weatherwax1,2,3, Bruce Leff4
1Center for Advanced Technology and Communication in Health, City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York.
JAMA network open
|August 19, 2024
概括
允许患有轻度COVID-19的养老院工作人员戴口罩工作,可以减少人员短缺造成的伤害,并节省成本. 这一政策减轻了与COVID-19无关的居民伤害,而不是增加COVID-19传播风险.
科学领域:
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 卫生经济学 卫生经济学
背景情况:
- 目前的指导规定要求医疗保健工作人员在轻度COVID-19的情况下休假,这可能会加剧养老院人员短缺和非COVID-19相关的健康结果.
- 预防COVID-19传播和维持基本护理之间的平衡在长期护理设施中至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较与COVID-19相关的和非COVID-19相关的伤害,允许轻度患病的员工在蒙面的情况下工作,而不是让他们休假.
- 评估不同COVID-19在养老院的人员政策对经济的影响.
主要方法:
- 使用基于代理的模型模拟了一个拥有100张床位的养老院,其居民和工作人员.
- 该模型纳入了护理任务,健康结果和在一年后的各种COVID-19休假政策下的互动.
- 模拟考虑了不同比例的轻度疾病工作人员戴口罩,不同的疫苗接种范围,传播能力和戴口罩的坚持.
主要成果:
- 将所有COVID-19患者的员工放假导致了大量错过的护理任务,住院住院,死亡和成本,主要来自非COVID-19相关的伤害.
- 允许75%的轻症员工戴口罩工作,导致额外的COVID-19病例最小,但大大减少了错过的护理任务和非COVID-19相关的伤害.
- 这一政策也证明了医疗保险和医疗补助服务中心和社会观点的成本节约.
结论:
- 允许患有轻度COVID-19疾病的养老院工作人员在戴口罩的情况下工作,与增加COVID-19传播造成的伤害相比,员工短缺对居民的伤害较少.
- 这种方法减轻了与COVID-19无关的居民伤害,并节省了大量的成本.
- 调查结果在各种场景中保持稳定,包括疫苗接种和传播率的增加.
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