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Health care use after COVID-19 diagnosis, home monitoring

2021-05-06
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: Researchers compared health care use among patients with COVID-19 who were enrolled in a home monitoring program with similar patients who were not enrolled.

Authors: Anita D. Misra-Hebert, M.D., M.P.H., of the Cleveland Clinic, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.0333)

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