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Abstract
Hybrid simulation which combines different simulation modelling methods has become more crucial in supporting decision makers at all levels as part of the effort of tackling the spread of Covid-19 and saving overwhelmed healthcare systems while trying to minimize the economic and social impact of interventions such as lock-downs. In the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, we have developed an integrated hybrid system dynamics and agent-based model that studies the transmission dynamics and control measures of Covid-19 outbreak across care homes in a network via staff sharing to support decision makers from the Health and Social Care Partnership Lanarkshire and the Department of Health and Social Care in the UK. In the modelling process, we have been working closely with our clients and other care home stakeholders to ensure that the model sufficiently represents the investigated system and is useful for its purpose. Our model results show that sharing staff across care homes increases the risk of SAR-CoV-2 infection for residents and the risk of outbreaks and, therefore, should be limited. Creating smaller bubbles of care homes within which staff movement is restricted has a small impact in reducing the risk of transmission across care homes in most cases. Sharing staff impacts care homes in a network differently depending on their characteristics.
Original language | English |
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Pages | 31 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Publication status | Published - 7 Jul 2021 |
Event | The EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS) - Online Duration: 5 Jul 2021 → 9 Jul 2021 http://orahs.di.unito.it/orahs2021.html |
Conference
Conference | The EURO Working Group on Operational Research Applied to Health Services (ORAHS) |
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Period | 5/07/21 → 9/07/21 |
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Keywords
- covid-19
- simulation
- pandemic
- operational research
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Future Organisation: Social Care Futures
Megiddo, I. (Speaker), Nguyen, L. K. N. (Speaker) & van der Meer, R. (Speaker)
11 May 2023Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Hybrid systems simulations of COVID-19 in networks of care homes connected by agency staff
Megiddo, I. (Speaker)
Jun 2022Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk