Choosing Wisely for COVID-19: ten evidence-based recommendations for patients and physicians

Affiliations

¹ Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India. prameshcs@tmc.gov.in.
² Lifecourse Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India, Bengaluru, India.
³ Doctors Hub, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Department of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's University Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, Canada.
⁶ Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
⁷ All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁸ Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India.
⁹ Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
¹⁰ Basic Healthcare Services, Udaipur, India.
¹¹ The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, Kovalam, India.
¹² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
¹³ Department of Bioengineering & Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Institute of Cancer Policy, King's College London, & King's Health Partners Comprehensive Cancer Centre, London, UK.

C S Pramesh et al. Nat Med. 2021 Aug.

. 2021 Aug;27(8):1324-1327.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01439-x.

¹ Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India. prameshcs@tmc.gov.in.
² Lifecourse Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health, Public Health Foundation of India, Bengaluru, India.
³ Doctors Hub, New Delhi, India.
⁴ Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Department of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen's University Cancer Research Institute, Kingston, Canada.
⁶ Tata Memorial Centre, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Mumbai, India.
⁷ All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁸ Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, India.
⁹ Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
¹⁰ Basic Healthcare Services, Udaipur, India.
¹¹ The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, Kovalam, India.
¹² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
¹³ Department of Bioengineering & Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
¹⁴ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, NY, USA.
¹⁵ Institute of Cancer Policy, King's College London, & King's Health Partners Comprehensive Cancer Centre, London, UK.

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