Employee Benefit News January 15, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has markedly reduced the number of patients seeking preventive care and elective procedures. The American Hospital Association reported a nearly 20% drop in inpatient volumes and a nearly 35% decrease in outpatient volumes compared to baseline levels. Another report by the Commonwealth Fund noted a decline of nearly 60% in outpatient visits in April 2020 with a rebound in volumes to pre-pandemic levels in the fall.
However, even with that rebound, not all patients are returning to their physicians’ offices and other outpatient care providers. The volume of younger children from newborn to age five who need immunizations and other preventive care services has remained well below the pre-pandemic baseline. The rebound in volumes also differs between...
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