Balancing revenue generation with capacity generation: case distribution, financial impact and hospital capacity changes from cancelling or resuming elective surgeries in the US during COVID-19

Balancing revenue generation with capacity generation: case distribution, financial impact and hospital capacity changes from cancelling or resuming elective surgeries in the US during COVID-19

Abstract Background To increase bed capacity and resources, hospitals have postponed elective surgeries, although the financial impact of this decision is unknown. We sought to report elective surgical case distribution, associated gross hospital revenue and regional hospital and intensive care unit...

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Main Authors: Joseph E. Tonna, Heidi A. Hanson, Jessica N. Cohan, Marta L. McCrum, Joshua J. Horns, Benjamin S. Brooke, Rupam Das, Brenna C. Kelly, Alexander John Campbell, James Hotaling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
Subjects:
COVID-19 pandemic
Critical care capacity
Resource allocation
Available hospital beds
Overcapacity
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05975-z

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05975-z

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