Mass Medical Care with Scarce Resources: A Community Planning Guide. Table 6.1

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Table 6.1. Alternative Care Sites (ACS) Scope of Care

Scope of Care	Objectives of ACS Implementation	Scenario Type	Facility Type
1. Delivery of ambulatory/chronic care/special medical needs	Decompression of medical shelters; decompression of emergency departments	All	ACS
2. Receiving site for hospital discharge patients (non-oxygen dependent)	Decompression of acute care hospital inpatient beds	All	ACS
3. Inpatient care for moderate-acuity (non-oxygen-dependent) patients	Used instead of acute care hospital inpatient beds	All	ACS
4. Sequestration/ cohorting of “exposed” patient population	Protection of acute care hospitals from exposure to potentially infectious patients	Pandemic influenza Bio event	Home ACS
5. Delivery of palliative care	Used instead of acute care hospital inpatient beds	All	Home ACS

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