The efficiency in the ordinary hospital bed management in Italy: an in-depth analysis of intensive care unit in the areas affected by COVID-19 before the outbreak

by Fabrizio Pecoraro, Fabrizio Clemente e Daniela Luzi

The work has a dual purpose. From the one hand it provides an overview of the ordinary availability of beds in the Italian hospitals with particular attention to the intensive care units that in these days are severely stressed by coronavirus hospitalizations. On the other hand, it shows an in-depth analysis of the complexity of the cases treated and the performance of the structures distributed in the various regions before the outbreak.