US clinicians' experiences and perspectives on resource limitation and patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Catherine R Butler; Susan P. Y Wong; Aaron G Wightman; Ann M O’Hare

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US clinicians' experiences and perspectives on resource limitation and patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

January 13, 2021

Butler CR, Wong SPY, Wightman AG, et al. JAMA Netw Open. 2020;3(11):e2027315.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has led to wide-ranging changes to health care delivery. This qualitative study with clinicians in the United States identified three emerging themes describing clinicians’ experience providing care in settings of resource limitations - planning for crisis capacity, adapting to resource limitations, and unprecedented barriers to care delivery.

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