Health system resilience during the <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 pandemic: A comparative analysis of disruptions in care from 32 countries
All countries experienced disruptions to hospitalizations and surgical procedures with a combined total of 30 million missed hospitalizations and 4 million missed surgical procedures in 2020-2021, but there was marked cross-country heterogeneity in disruptions. Countries with greater baseline healthcare workers, insurance coverage, and hospital beds had disproportionately lower disruptions in care. National health planning discussions may need to balance health system resiliency and efficiency to avert preventable morbidity and mortality.
Authors
- Stavroula A. Chrysanthopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-4397)
- Irene Papanicolas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8000-3185)
- Jennifer B. Nuzzo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7137-6625)
- Mark N. Lurie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3153-1715)
- Jorge R. Ledesma
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Services Research
- Published
- 2024-09-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6773.14382
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.54