Intra- and post-pandemic impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on Stanford Health Care.

ABSTRACT: Stanford Health Care, which provides about 7% of overall healthcare to approximately 9 million people in the San Francisco Bay Area, has undergone significant changes due to the opening of a second hospital in late 2019 and, more importantly, the COVID-19 pandemic. We examine the impact of these events on anatomic pathology (AP) cases, aiming to enhance operational efficiency in response to evolving healthcare demands. We extracted historical census, admission, lab tests, operation, and AP data since 2015. An approximately 45% increase in the volume of laboratory tests (P < 0.0001) and a 17% increase in AP cases (P < 0.0001) occurred post-pandemic. These increases were associated with progressively increasing (P < 0.0001) hospital census. Census increase stemmed from higher admission throu

SUBMITTER: Phongpreecha T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10982550 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature