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Changes in COVID-19-related hospitalizations, deaths after states reopened

JAMA Health Forum

2021-06-25
(Press-News.org) What The Study Did: This study evaluated changes in hospitalization and death rates related to COVID-19 before and after U.S. states reopened their economies in 2020.

Authors: Pinar Karaca-Mandic, Ph.D., of the Carlson School of Management in Minneapolis, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.1262)

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