Balancing revenue generation with capacity generation: Case distribution, financial impact and hospital capacity changes from cancelling or resuming elective surgeries in the US during COVID-19.

Joseph E TonnaHeidi A HansonJessica N CohanMarta L McCrumJoshua J HornsBenjamin S BrookeRupam DasBrenna C KellyAlexander John CampbellJames Hotaling

Published in: medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences (2020)

Procedures involving the musculoskeletal, cardiovascular and digestive system account for the largest loss of hospital gross earnings when elective surgery is postponed. As hospital bed capacity increases following the COVID-19 pandemic, restoring volume of these elective cases will help maintain revenue.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
healthcare
acute care
adverse drug
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
acute coronary syndrome
young adults
surgical site infection
health insurance