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Burden of COVID-19 on Italian Internal Medicine Wards: Delphi, SWOT, and Performance Analysis after Two Pandemic Waves in the Local Health Authority “Roma 6” Hospital Structures

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  • Filomena Pietrantonio

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy
    Department of Health Economics, St. Camillus University Health and Medical Sciences, 00131 Rome, Italy)

  • Francesco Rosiello

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy
    Department of Public Health and Infectious Disease, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy)

  • Elena Alessi

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy)

  • Matteo Pascucci

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy)

  • Marianna Rainone

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy)

  • Enrica Cipriano

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy)

  • Alessandra Di Berardino

    (Internal Medicine Unit, Castelli Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Roma 6, 00072 Ariccia, Italy)

  • Antonio Vinci

    (School of Specialization in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, 00133 Rome, Italy)

  • Matteo Ruggeri

    (Department of Health Economics, St. Camillus University Health and Medical Sciences, 00131 Rome, Italy
    National Centre for HTA, National Institute for Health, 00161 Rome, Italy)

  • Serafino Ricci

    (Department of Anatomical, Hystological Sciences and Legal Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy)

Abstract

Background : COVID-19 causes major changes in day-to-day hospital activity due to its epidemiological characteristics and the clinical challenges it poses, especially in internal medicine wards. Therefore, it is necessary to understand and manage all of the implicated factors in order to maintain a high standard of care, even in sub-par circumstances. Methods : This was a three-phase, mixed-design study. Initially, the Delphi method allowed us to analyze the causes of poor outcomes in a cohort of an aggregate of Italian COVID-19 wards via an Ishikawa diagram. Then, for each retrieved item, a score was assigned according to a pros/cons, opportunities/threats system. Scores were also assigned according to potential value/perceived risk. Finally, the performances of MCs (Medicine-COVID-19 wards) and MCFs (Medicine-COVID-19-free: Internal Medicine wards) units were represented via a Barber’s nomogram. Results : MCFs hospitalized 790 patients (−23.90% compared to 2019 Internal Medicine admissions). The main risk factors for mortality were patients admitted from local facilities (+7%) and the presence of comorbidities (>3: 100%, ≥5: 24.7%). A total of 197 (25%) patients were treated with non-invasive ventilation (NIV). The most deaths (57.14%) occurred in patients admitted from local facilities. Conclusions : Medicine-COVID-19 wards show higher complexity and demand compared to non-COVID-19 ones and they are comparable to sub-intensive therapy wards. It is necessary to promote the use of NIV in such settings.

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  • Filomena Pietrantonio & Francesco Rosiello & Elena Alessi & Matteo Pascucci & Marianna Rainone & Enrica Cipriano & Alessandra Di Berardino & Antonio Vinci & Matteo Ruggeri & Serafino Ricci, 2021. "Burden of COVID-19 on Italian Internal Medicine Wards: Delphi, SWOT, and Performance Analysis after Two Pandemic Waves in the Local Health Authority “Roma 6” Hospital Structures," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(11), pages 1-11, June.
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