{"id":120324,"date":"2020-11-30T13:16:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T12:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=120324"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:25:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:25:16","slug":"corona-science-a-field-experiment-that-we-prefer-to-have-done-without-but-it-does-present-new-opportunities-to-research-interesting-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2020\/11\/30\/corona-science-a-field-experiment-that-we-prefer-to-have-done-without-but-it-does-present-new-opportunities-to-research-interesting-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"Corona science: \u2018Deciding who is given a bed in the IC ward is a horrible dilemma\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there\u2019s a shortage of intensive care beds, which patients should be given priority? And who should make the call? These are difficult but particularly important questions to consider during a pandemic. Charlotte Dieteren and Job van Exel of ESHPM, working together with Merel van Hulsen and Kirsten Rohde of ESE, have researched the Dutch public\u2019s views on such issues.<\/p>\n

\"\"

\n\t\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\tImage by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tLevien Willemse<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>

What does your study focus on?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Van Exel: \u201cLast March, we saw a huge increase in the number of Covid infections and hospital admissions. This gave rise to a public debate about what we should do if we started exceeding hospital capacity. What if despite the lockdown, our healthcare sector was overwhelmed by the virus \u2013 resulting in a shortage of IC beds. At that point, we would have to decide who is and isn\u2019t admitted to the IC ward. Our study examines the Dutch public\u2019s views on this decision process. Who should be taking these decisions, and which criteria should be referred to in this context?<\/p>\n\n\t

\n\t\t\n\t\t
\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Read more<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t