Community Treatment Centers for Isolation of Asymptomatic and Mildly Symptomatic Patients with Coronavirus Disease, South Korea
- Authors
- Choi, Won Suk; Kim, Hyoung Seop; Kim, Bongyoung; Nam, Soomin; Sohn, Jang Wook
- Issue Date
- 10월-2020
- Publisher
- CENTERS DISEASE CONTROL & PREVENTION
- Citation
- EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v.26, no.10, pp.2338 - 2345
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES
- Volume
- 26
- Number
- 10
- Start Page
- 2338
- End Page
- 2345
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/52635
- DOI
- 10.3201/eid2610.201539
- ISSN
- 1080-6040
- Abstract
- As a part of measures to decrease spikes in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases and deaths outside of hospitals, the government of South Korea introduced a plan for community treatment centers (CTCs) to isolate and monitor patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms. We assessed outcomes of 568 patients admitted to 3 CTCs near Daegu. More (64.6%) women than men (35.4%) were admitted, and the mean age of patients was 36.0 years (SD +/- 15.0 years). Among all patients, 75.7% remained asymptomatic while at the CTCs. The mean time patients remained at CTCs was 19.6 days (SD +/- 5.8 days) from the day of diagnosis until our study ended on March 23, 2020. Because they offer appropriate clinical triaging and daily monitoring for patients, CTCs are a safe alternative to medical institutions for asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic patients with COVID-19.
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