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Original Research

Intensive Care Unit Capacity and Its Associated Risk Factors During the COVID-19 Surge in the Republic of Korea: Analysis Using Nationwide Health Claims Data

Seung Heon Lee1 Division of Pulmonary, Sleep, and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7180-3877View further author information
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So-Youn Park2 Department of Medical Education and Humanities, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Jeong-Yeon Seon3 Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0080-168XView further author information
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Woo-Hwi Jeon3 Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Sung-Il Nam4 Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Jong-Hak Park5 Department of Emergency Medicine, Korea University Ansan Hospital, Ansan, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Jae Seok Park6 Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital, Keimyung University School of Medicine, Daegu, Republic of KoreaView further author information
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Hae-Young Kim7 Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Niket Thakkar8 Institute for Disease Modeling, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Prashanth Selvaraj8 Institute for Disease Modeling, Seattle, WA, USAView further author information
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Anna Bershteyn7 Department of Population Health, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6604-7093View further author information
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In-Hwan Oh3 Department of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 2571-2581 | Published online: 12 Nov 2020

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