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: Received: 17 October 2024 / Approved: 17 October 2024 / Online: 18 October 2024 (08:25:31 CEST)
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Sorab, P.; Parise, M.; Kaufman, A.; Kirsch, D.; Saffra, N. The Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on Surgical Case Volumes on a Safety Net Teaching Hospital in New York City. Preprints2024, 2024101421. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1421.v1
Sorab, P.; Parise, M.; Kaufman, A.; Kirsch, D.; Saffra, N. The Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on Surgical Case Volumes on a Safety Net Teaching Hospital in New York City. Preprints 2024, 2024101421. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1421.v1
Sorab, P.; Parise, M.; Kaufman, A.; Kirsch, D.; Saffra, N. The Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on Surgical Case Volumes on a Safety Net Teaching Hospital in New York City. Preprints2024, 2024101421. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1421.v1
APA Style
Sorab, P., Parise, M., Kaufman, A., Kirsch, D., & Saffra, N. (2024). The Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on Surgical Case Volumes on a Safety Net Teaching Hospital in New York City. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1421.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Sorab, P., David Kirsch and Norman Saffra. 2024 "The Impact of the COVID 19 pandemic on Surgical Case Volumes on a Safety Net Teaching Hospital in New York City" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202410.1421.v1
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic led to cancellation of elective surgeries, leading to decreased surgical volume and training for residents. This effect was pronounced in medically underserved areas, such as Far Rockaway, New York. The goal of this study was to understand the impact of the pandemic on surgical volumes at St. John’s Episcopal Hospital, a safety net hospital serving Far Rockaway. Operating Room Data, containing surgical volumes for Ophthalmology and five other surgical branches from January 2018 through February 2022, was analyzed between four waves of the pandemic. For each field, average surgery case counts between the waves were compared using two-tailed t-test. In several fields, there were significant drops in surgical volume between the pre-covid era and the first wave. Ophthalmology cases fell by 29.7% (p
Public Health and Healthcare, Public Health and Health Services
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