When Dohyeong Kim and I were drafting this paper in December 2019, we had no inkling of the next coronavirus pandemic around the corner. Moral of the story, of course, is be prepared, and that public health needs to be a core function of government!

Kim H, Kim D, Paul CJ, Lee CK. The spatial allocation of hospitals with negative pressure isolation rooms in Korea: are we prepared for new outbreaks? International Journal of Health Policy Management. In Press. doi:10.34172/ijhpm.2020.118