Declining Cirrhosis Hospitalizations in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cohort Study

doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.005

. 2020 Sep;159(3):1134-1136.e3.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.005. Epub 2020 May 6.

Declining Cirrhosis Hospitalizations in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cohort Study

Nadim Mahmud¹, Rebecca A Hubbard², David E Kaplan³, Marina Serper⁴

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¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: nadim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 32387493
PMCID: PMC7200325
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.005

Declining Cirrhosis Hospitalizations in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cohort Study

Nadim Mahmud et al. Gastroenterology. 2020 Sep.

. 2020 Sep;159(3):1134-1136.e3.

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.005. Epub 2020 May 6.

Authors

Nadim Mahmud¹, Rebecca A Hubbard², David E Kaplan³, Marina Serper⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: nadim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
² Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Division of Gastroenterology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Medicine, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 32387493
PMCID: PMC7200325
DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.005

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Keywords: Admissions; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; Coronavirus; LOS, length of stay; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; SIP, shelter-in-place; Utilization; VHA, Veterans Health Administration; Veterans Health Administration.

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National weekly cirrhosis hospitalizations between January 1 and April 15 in 2019 and 2020. Note. Recent reports on April 22, 2020, suggest that the first true COVID-19–related death in the United States occurred in early February 2020; however, before April 22, the first widely publicized death was on February 29, 2020.

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