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Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Synopsis

Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients with Coronavirus Disease, South Korea

Won Suk Choi1, Hyoung Seop Kim1, Bongyoung Kim2Comments to Author , Soomin Nam, and Jang Wook Sohn2
Author affiliations: Korea University, Seoul, South Korea (W.S. Choi, J.W. Sohn); National Health Insurance Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, South Korea (H.S. Kim, S. Nam); Hanyang University, Seoul (B. Kim)

Main Article

Table 1

Characteristics of 3 community treatment centers, South Korea

Characteristics
Gimje
Gyeongju
Jecheon
Patient capacity 210 235 136
Opening date
2020 Mar 11
2020 Mar 3
2020 Mar 9
Matching hospital
Hanyang University Seoul Hospital
Korea University Medical Center
National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital
No. medical staff
Doctors, public sector* 4 6 3
Doctors, private sector 1 1 0
Registered nurses 7 9 6
Assistant nurses 6 9 2
Other†
0
1
6
No. staff from other sectors
Local government 10 10 8
Central government, including the 
Ministry of Health and Welfare 3 3 2
Facilities management 6 6 16
Disinfection 10 9 11
Military 10 8 4
Police 6 8 6
Fire
1
1
1
No. radiography units 0 1 2

*Includes public health doctors, army doctors, and doctors from a public hospital.
†Includes radiologic technicians, physical therapists, occupational therapists.

Main Article

1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These authors contributed equally to this article.

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