How are Utah hospital patients prioritized for treatment, with ICU bed shortages and huge COVID case spike
This calculator has continually evolved during the pandemic to give hospitals the best information possible for treatment decisions. Now that the omicron variant has stretched resources to the limit, new data will provide medical professionals with the best tool possible to make treatment decisions.
Among the findings were that non-white or Hispanic/Latinx people are from 35-50 percent more likely to be hospitalized, though nobody automatically qualifies for treatment based on their race or ethnicity.
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