Esther K Choo, Matthew Strehlow, Marina Del Rios, Evrim Oral, Ruth Pobee, Andrew Nugent, Stephen Lim, Christian Hext, Sarah Newhall, Diana Ko, Srihari V Chari, Amy Wilson, Joshua J Baugh, David Callaway, Mucio Kit Delgado, Zoe Glick, Christian J Graulty, Nicholas Hall, Abdusebur Jemal, Madhav Kc, Aditya Mahadevan, Milap Mehta, Andrew C Meltzer, Dar'ya Pozhidayeva, Daniel Resnick-Ault, Christian Schulz, Sam Shen, Lauren Southerland, Daniel Du Pont, Danielle M McCarthy
OBJECTIVES: The COVID-19 pandemic has required significant modifications of hospital care. The objective of this study was to examine the operational approaches taken by US hospitals over time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: This was a prospective observational study of 17 geographically diverse US hospitals from February 2020 to February 2021. OUTCOMES AND ANALYSIS: We identified 42 potential pandemic-related strategies and obtained week-to-week data about their use...
May 8, 2023: BMJ Open