New U.S. health crisis looms as patients without COVID-19 delay care.

Sharon Bernstein

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New U.S. health crisis looms as patients without COVID-19 delay care.

July 29, 2020

Bernstein S. Reuters. 2020;July 13.

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An unintended consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic is patient reluctance to seek care, which can contribute to diagnostic and treatment delay. This article discusses the impact of delay on patients with cancer or cardiac conditions and that the ramifications will take time to fully correct.

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