Abstract

Giving Birth during a Pandemic Influenza-Georgia Hospital Service Area Model
Track: Health and Human Services
Author(s): Mary Brantley

The purpose of the project is to develop a mathematical model to help hospitals and other providers of pregnancy and childbirth services to plan for the continuation of these vital services in the face of a Pandemic Influenza. The first step in developing this model is to establish a method for defining realistic hospital service areas. This study focuses on 3 large hospital systems in the metro-Atlanta area. Once the service area was defined and described, then an average usage model was developed using census, hospital, and fertility indicators. A dynamic model was then developed to explore changes in the hospital environments that affect when and where a woman can deliver her baby.

Mary Brantley
CDC
4770 Buford Hwy NE
Atlanta , Georgia 30341
United States
Phone: 770-488-6392
E-mail: mdb4@cdc.gov