Volume 26, Number 10—October 2020
Synopsis
Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients with Coronavirus Disease, South Korea
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.
1These first authors contributed equally to this article.
2These authors contributed equally to this article.
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