Hospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19

Saul Blecker; Simon A Jones; Christopher M Petrilli; Andrew J Admon; Himali Weerahandi; Fritz Francois; Leora I Horwitz

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3978

Hospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):269-271. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3978.

Authors

Saul Blecker¹, Simon A Jones¹, Christopher M Petrilli², Andrew J Admon³, Himali Weerahandi², Fritz Francois⁴, Leora I Horwitz¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
² Division of General Internal Medicine and Clinical Innovation, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.

Abstract

This study examines the frequency of hospitalization for all non–COVID-19-related conditions in a health system at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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COVID-19*
Chronic Disease
Critical Illness
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
New York City
Prospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2

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