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Table 2 Range of parameters used in global sensitivity analysis

From: An agent-based model to assess the impact of shared staff and occupancy rate on infectious disease burden in nursing homes

Parameter

Description

Range of values

\({{\varvec{G}}}_{{\varvec{p}}}\)

Global SARS-CoV-2 virus shedding for agents

[0.27, 0.49]

\({{\varvec{P}}}_{{\varvec{o}}{\varvec{r}}}\)

Odds ratio for PPE use in a nursing home

[0.07, 0.20]

\(\boldsymbol{T}_{\boldsymbol{s}}\)

Sensitivity of COVID-19 test

[0.70, 0.90]

\(\boldsymbol{R}_{\boldsymbol{h}}\)

Percent of agents who are hospitalized

[0.15, 0.30]

\(\boldsymbol{B}_{\boldsymbol{m}}\)

Percent of agents who die from the infection

[0.20, 0.40]

\(\boldsymbol{A}_{\boldsymbol{p}}\)

Percent of asymptomatic agents

[0.25, 0.53]

\(\boldsymbol{V}_{\boldsymbol{1}}\)

Percent vaccinated

[15, 90]

\(\boldsymbol{V}_{\boldsymbol{2}}\)

Number of days until vaccine-induced immunity wanes

[67, 129]

\(\boldsymbol{Y}_{\boldsymbol{1}}\)

Number of contacts per hour for RNA agentsa

[6, 9]

\(\boldsymbol{Y}_{\boldsymbol{2}}\)

Number of contacts per hour for RN agentsa

[3, 9]

\(\boldsymbol{Y}_{\boldsymbol{3}}\)

Number of contacts per hour for LPN agentsa

[5, 15]

\(\boldsymbol{S}_{\boldsymbol{p}}\)

Percent of staff who work in both nursing homes

0, 5, 10, 20, 30, 50

  1. aThese numbers were used to estimate the infection transmission rates associated with staff members