Deferral of Care for Serious Non-COVID-19 Conditions: A Hidden Harm of COVID-19

Colette DeJong¹, Mitchell H Katz^{2

3}, Kenneth Covinsky^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² NYC Health and Hospitals, New York, New York.
³ Deputy Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine.
⁴ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
⁵ Associate Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine.

Comment

Colette DeJong et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2021.

. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):274.

doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.4016.

Colette DeJong¹, Mitchell H Katz^{2

3}, Kenneth Covinsky^{4

5}

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² NYC Health and Hospitals, New York, New York.
³ Deputy Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine.
⁴ Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
⁵ Associate Editor, JAMA Internal Medicine.

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