The UK's National Health Service has ICNARC or the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre which is able to compile data on the utilization of intensive care and the demographics of the patients. (Despite the US spending well over $6 billion for electronic health records we cannot provide similar data) You can find their entire report here. Compare columns 2 and 3. For all the similarities you might identify, COVID-19 has a much different clinical course on a different group of susceptible patients.
Chuck Dinerstein, MD, MBA
Director of Medicine
Charles Dinerstein, MD, MBA, is the Medical Director of the American Council on Science and Health. A vascular surgeon with more than 25 years of clinical experience, he brings a physician's understanding of medical decision-making, an appreciation for scientific uncertainty, and a broader perspective on healthcare economics and policy to his writing.
