Declining Cirrhosis Hospitalizations in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A National Cohort Study

Gastroenterology. 2020 Sep;159(3):1134-1136.e3. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.05.005. Epub 2020 May 6.
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Keywords: Admissions; COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; Coronavirus; LOS, length of stay; MELD, model for end-stage liver disease; SIP, shelter-in-place; Utilization; VHA, Veterans Health Administration; Veterans Health Administration.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Betacoronavirus*
  • COVID-19
  • Cohort Studies
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Female
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Liver Cirrhosis / diagnosis
  • Liver Cirrhosis / epidemiology*
  • Liver Cirrhosis / therapy*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States
  • Veterans / statistics & numerical data*