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. 2021 Feb;84(2):576-579.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.08.131. Epub 2020 Sep 30.

The continuing impact of COVID-19 on dermatology practice: Office workflow, economics, and future implications

Graham H Litchman  1 , Justin W Marson  2 , Darrell S Rigel  3
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The continuing impact of COVID-19 on dermatology practice: Office workflow, economics, and future implications

Graham H Litchman et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2021 Feb.
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Trends in mean dermatology office visits per month during the initial COVID-19 pandemic from February to May 2020. The shaded areas represent estimated lost patient visits. The dotted yellow line represents linear recovery projection based on crowdsourced median date of September 2020 for return to baseline (solid yellow arrow), assuming no drastic extraneous changes (second-wave or vaccine development). The dotted green line represents logarithmic recovery based on data from April and May 2020 and respondent-estimated mean increase of ∼13.4% patient volume into June 2020. These findings indicate ∼10.2 million patient visits were already lost as of May 2020, totaling ∼$2.3 billion in lost revenue (red area), with potential for an additional 3.2 to 5.5 million additional patient visits worth an additional $700 million (yellow area) to $1.21 billion (green area) and a potential total loss of 15.7 million patient visits and upwards of an estimated $3.5 billion in lost revenue by the end of the calendar year. Logarithmic recovery was derived from data points April to June 2020 and extrapolated through December 2020.
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