Abstract:Background: Thailand’s fourth and fifth waves of coronavirus
disease 19 (COVID-19) started in July and December 2021, respectively,
and greatly overloaded the nation’s public health system. The massive
imbalance between health resources and patient demand for services was
one of the most significant challenges hampering the country’s response
to the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic. Hospital-based facilities were
overwhelmed with an exponential rise in new patient numbers, with a
rapidly growing backlog of patie… Show more
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