The disruption of elective procedures due to COVID-19 in Brazil in 2020

Abstract Elective procedures were temporarily suspended several times over the course of the pandemic of COVID-19. Monthly data from the Unified Health System (SUS) were used for the period between January 2008 and December 2020 and the interrupted time series method was used to estimate the effect...

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Main Authors: Gustavo Saraiva Frio, Letícia Xander Russo, Cleandro Pires de Albuquerque, Licia Maria Henrique da Mota, Adriana Ferreira Barros-Areal, Andréa Pedrosa Ribeiro Alves Oliveira, João Firmino-Machado, Everton Nunes da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-13746-5