Evaluation of a



Community Triage Centre for Influenza Assessment During Pandemics:

Simulation, Survey, and Administrative Data Research Studies

Pandemic influenza recurs at unpredictable intervals to cause great social disruption and economic losses. Invariably, a pandemic results in high morbidity and mortality increasing healthcare services demands that challenge healthcare delivery infrastructures and health human resources. In Alberta, Canada, 2.3 million of its 3.3 million residents (70%) may become infected with the influenza virus during the two waves that may last up to one year. In a moderately severe pandemic without any known effective vaccine or antiviral (WHO, 2005a), 825,000 (25%) of Alberta residents may become clinically ill. Four hundred and eighty thousand of Alberta residents (15%) may become ambulatory outpatients (four times above a normal influenza year). Seven thousand five hundred of Alberta residents ( ................
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