Economic impact of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic on acute care hospitals in Japan.

<h4>Background</h4>In response to the coronavirus diseases 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Japanese government declared a state of emergency on April 7, 2020. Six days earlier, the Japan Surgical Society had recommended postponing elective surgical procedures. Along with the growing public...

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Main Authors: Jung-Ho Shin, Daisuke Takada, Tetsuji Morishita, Hueiru Lin, Seiko Bun, Emi Teraoka, Takuya Okuno, Hisashi Itoshima, Hiroyuki Nagano, Kenji Kishimoto, Hiromi Segawa, Yuka Asami, Takuya Higuchi, Kenta Minato, Susumu Kunisawa, Yuichi Imanaka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0244852