Trends in non-COVID-19 hospitalizations prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic period, United States, 2017–2021

Kelsie Cassell; Casey M. Zipfel; Shweta Bansal; Daniel M. Weinberger

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33686-y

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Trends in non-COVID-19 hospitalizations prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic period, United States, 2017–2021

Kelsie Cassell,
Casey M. Zipfel,
Shweta Bansal,
Daniel M. Weinberger

Affiliations

Kelsie Cassell: Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health
Casey M. Zipfel: Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Shweta Bansal: Department of Biology, Georgetown University
Daniel M. Weinberger: Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases, Yale School of Public Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33686-y
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In this study, the authors investigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare utilisation in the US. They show that, following an immediate decline, hospitalisations for some conditions returned to pre-pandemic norms by the end of 2020, but for others, including respiratory conditions, this had not occurred by June 2021.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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