Hybrid simulation modelling of networks of heterogeneous care homes and the inter-facility spread of Covid-19 by sharing staff
Fig 4
Impact of staffing shortage vs use of bank/agency staff on infections in residents.
The plots illustrate the distributions of cumulative number of infected residents after 90 days. A–in various levels of staff shortage. No bank/agency staff are used to cover the vacant positions. B–in various usage levels of bank/agency staff. Bank/agency staff have 80% compliance to weekly PCR testing (α = 0.5). Boxplot: middle–median; lower hinge– 25% quantile; upper hinge– 75% quantile; lower whisker = smallest observation greater than or equal to lower hinge—1.5 * IQR; upper whisker = largest observation less than or equal to upper hinge + 1.5 * IQR.