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Volume 22, Number 2—February 2016
Research

Population Effects of Influenza A(H1N1) Pandemic among Health Plan Members, San Diego, California, USA, October–December 2009

Roger A. BitarComments to Author 
Author affiliation: Mission Infectious Disease and Infusion Consultants, Inc., at Palomar Medical Center, Escondido, California and Pomerado Medical Center, Poway, California, USA

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Hospital admissions per week for a predicted Kaiser Permanente health plan population of ≈500,000 members versus actual numbers of inpatients admitted to Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, San Diego, California, USA, October–December 2009. Predictions were compiled  by using FluSurge2 (FluSurge05) and FluSurge Special Edition (FluSurge09) (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/tools/flusurge.htm) software  Assumptions for FluSurge2: average leng

Figure. Hospital admissions per week for a predicted Kaiser Permanente health plan population of ≈500,000 members versus actual numbers of inpatients admitted to Kaiser Permanente San Diego Medical Center during the influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, San Diego, California, USA, October–December 2009. Predictions were compiled by using FluSurge2 (FluSurge05) and FluSurge Special Edition (FluSurge09) (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/tools/flusurge.htm) software Assumptions for FluSurge2: average length of non-ICU hospital stay for influenza-related illness, 5 d; average length of ICU stay for influenza-related illness, 10 d; average length of ventilator usage for influenza-related illness, 10 d; average proportion of admitted influenza patients who will need ICU care, 15%; average proportion of admitted influenza patients who will need ventilators, 7.5%; average proportion of influenza deaths assumed to be hospitalized patients, 70%; daily percentage increase in cases arriving compared to preceding day, 3%; attack rate, 15%; total no. hospital beds 392, ICU beds 34, ventilators 40. Unable to find assumptions for FluSurge Special Edition. ICU, intensive care unit.

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