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Hospitalizations for Chronic Disease and Acute Conditions in the Time of COVID-19

Educational Objective
To identify the key insights or developments described in this article
1 Credit CME

Concurrent with surges in hospitalizations for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), there has been evidence of decreased presentation for acute conditions, including myocardial infarction and stroke.13 We examined the frequency of hospitalization for all non–COVID-19-related conditions in a health system at an epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic.4

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Article Information

Accepted for Publication: July 2, 2020.

Published Online: October 26, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.3978

Corresponding Author: Saul Blecker, MD, MHS, Division of Healthcare Delivery Science, Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, 227 E 30th St, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10016 (saul.blecker@nyulangone.org).

Author Contributions: Drs Blecker and Petrilli had full access to all of the data in the study and take responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

Study concept and design: Blecker, Jones, Petrilli, Admon, Francois, Horwitz.

Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: All authors.

Drafting of the manuscript: Blecker, Jones, Petrilli, Francois.

Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: Jones, Petrilli, Admon, Weerahandi, Francois, Horwitz.

Statistical analysis: Jones, Petrilli, Admon, Horwitz.

Administrative, technical, or material support: Blecker, Petrilli, Admon, Weerahandi, Francois, Horwitz.

Study supervision: Francois, Horwitz.

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Admon reported receiving grants from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute during the conduct of the study. Dr Weerahandi reported receiving grants from the National Institutes of Health/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute outside the submitted work. No other disclosures were reported.

Additional Contributions: We thank Harish Rajagopalan, MS, NYU Langone Health, New York, New York, for assistance with data extraction. No additional compensation was provided for this contribution.

AMA CME Accreditation Information

Credit Designation Statement: The American Medical Association designates this Journal-based CME activity activity for a maximum of 1.00  AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to:

  • 1.00 Medical Knowledge MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;;
  • 1.00 Self-Assessment points in the American Board of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery’s (ABOHNS) Continuing Certification program;
  • 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Pediatrics’ (ABP) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program;
  • 1.00 Lifelong Learning points in the American Board of Pathology’s (ABPath) Continuing Certification program; and
  • 1.00 credit toward the CME [and Self-Assessment requirements] of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program

It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting MOC credit.

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