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. 2021 Nov;52(11):3586-3601.
doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034562. Epub 2021 Jul 29.

Stroke Hospitalizations Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States

Quanhe Yang  1 , Xin Tong  1 , Sallyann Coleman King  1 , Benjamin S Olivari  2 , Robert K Merritt  1
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Stroke Hospitalizations Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic Among Medicare Beneficiaries in the United States

Quanhe Yang et al. Stroke. 2021 Nov.

Abstract

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Keywords: COVID-19; Medicare; United States; hospitalization; pandemic.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Trends in weekly numbers of stroke hospitalizations among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 years from weeks 1 in 2019 through 44 in 2020, by stroke type, United States. A, All-stroke. B, Acute ischemic stroke. C, Hemorrhagic stroke. COVID-19 indicates coronavirus disease 2019.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Percent reduction of stroke hospitalizations comparing weeks 10 through 23 in 2019 and 2020 among Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries aged ≥65 y by stroke type and State, United States*. A, All-stroke. B, AIS. C, hemorrhagic stroke. *Weeks 10 (March 3–9) through 23 (June 2–June 8) in 2019 serve as pre–coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic period and weeks10 (March 1–7) in 2020 through 23 (May 31–June 6) as the initial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic weeks.
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