National and regional coordination in times of scarcity

Project description The corona pandemic quickly led to a shortage of intensive care beds (IC beds) and a worldwide shortage of materials and equipment. National and regional coordination has been shaped under great pressure. Although this has succeeded in staying within the (highly scaled up) IC bed capacity, a lot has also gone wrong. Moreover, there is also increasing scarcity in health care outside the crisis. Both in times of crisis and beyond, scarcity can be offset by pooling the capacity and resources of several healthcare institutions. However, it is not easy to set up the necessary coordination effectively. This project examines how this coordination can best be designed. This is done on the basis of interviews with key stakeholders and by analyzing available data on the availability and utilization of capacity and resources.