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cord-252737-sbalcd8v	Ma, Xiya	Critical care capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Global availability of intensive care beds	2020-04-23		.txt	text/plain	698	50	56	title: Critical care capacity during the COVID-19 pandemic: Global availability of intensive care beds As the COVID-19 pandemic grows, the need for rapid, innovative, and cost-effective emergency response mechanisms and the presence of gaps in critical care capacity become glaringly obvious in most countries and territories worldwide. 1 Furthermore, low-and middleincome countries (LMICs) are at-risk for an inability to manage an anticipated surge of critically ill COVID-19 patients, with current estimates suggesting the availability of 0.1 to 2.5 ICU beds per 100,000 population. Globally, at least 96 countries and J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f Journal Pre-proof territories had a density of less than 5.0 ICU beds per 100,000 population. Whilst the critical care capacity in LMICs was insufficient prior to the pandemic, deficiencies grow to include highly-resourced health systems around the world. A Framework for Rationing Ventilators and Critical Care Beds During the COVID-19 Pandemic	./cache/cord-252737-sbalcd8v.txt	./txt/cord-252737-sbalcd8v.txt