The reduction in non-COVID-19 hospitalizations during the pandemic: Problematic or beneficial?

Saul B Blecker^{1

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3}, Leora I Horwitz^{1

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3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Population Health, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
³ Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.

Editorial

Saul B Blecker et al. J Hosp Med. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;17(12):1029-1030.

doi: 10.1002/jhm.12980. Epub 2022 Oct 10.

Saul B Blecker^{1

2

3}, Leora I Horwitz^{1

2

3}

¹ Department of Population Health, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
³ Center for Healthcare Innovation and Delivery Science, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, USA.

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Declines in the utilization of hospital-based care during COVID-19 pandemic.
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