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Changes in hospital volumes for common medical emergencies during COVID-19

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: Whether the number of cases at hospitals of common medical emergencies such as heart attack and appendicitis have changed during the COVID-19 pandemic was investigated in this study.

Authors: Melanie Hayden Gephart, M.D., M.A.S., of the Stanford University Medical Center in Stanford, California, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3982)

Editor's Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

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