Reducing disease burden in an influenza pandemic by targeted delivery of neuraminidase inhibitors: mathematical models in the Australian context

Table 1 Hospital bed and daily consultation capacities for each health care setting

Setting	Total capacity	Available capacity	Mean length of stay
ICU	2,000 [37]	1,000 beds	10 days ^a
Ward	55,000 [38] ^b	27,600 beds	5 days [38] ^b
ED	17,800 [39, 40] ^c	8,900 consults	—
GP	342,000 [41]	171,000 consults	—

GP consultation capacity was calculated under the assumption that each GP may consult with up to 10 influenza patients per day. Note that we do not account for additional constraints on health sector capacity that may plausibly arise from health care work illness or absenteeism
^aAssumed the length of stay for ICU cases is double that for other hospitalised cases
^bBeds in public acute hospitals, mean length of stay for overnight acute separations
^aBased on annual accident and emergency visits

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