Hospital admission and mortality rates for non-COVID-19 respiratory diseases in Brazil's public health system during the covid-19 pandemic: a nationwide observational study.
Diogo de Azevedo Resende de AlbuquerqueMarcelo Dantas Tavares de MeloThiago Lins Fagundes de SousaPaulo Garcia NormandoJuliana Góes Martins FagundesJose de Arimateia Batista Araujo-FilhoPublished in: Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia (2023)
During the first 8 months of the pandemic, there was a decline in HA and an increase in HL related to non-COVID-19 RD in Brazil, which can hypothetically reflect logistical challenges and delays in the management of this group of diseases.