MedCity News October 20, 2020
Elise Reuter

As hospital admissions rebound to near-normal levels, total admissions are still expected to be down 10.5% for the year, according to an analysis by the Epic Health Research Network and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

As hospital admissions recover from their precipitous lows at the beginning of the pandemic, they’re still expected to be down 10.5% for the full year, according to a new analysis by the Epic Health Research Network and the Kaiser Family Foundation.

At their lowest point, during the week of April 11, hospital admissions had fallen to 68.6% of what would be expected in a normal year, as many states paused non-urgent procedures and patients were reluctant to seek care.

By July, they increased to 94.3% of...

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