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Elective surgeries are the lifeblood of hospitals and health systems, accounting for 60% of total hospital revenue.
But that revenue dried up over a two-week span in March, as the nation came to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic. Hospitals in coronavirus hotspots cancelled surgeries to protect the public and conserve resources, and other hospitals in non-affected or slightly affected areas quickly followed suit as ventilators and personal protective equipment (PPE) became scarce.
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