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Hospitals are actually suffering economically as a result of this entire crisis, too. They are postponing and cancelling more profitable elective procedures[1].
by cl42 6y ago
Hospitals are actually suffering economically as a result of this entire crisis, too. They are postponing and cancelling more profitable elective procedures[1]. If anything, they're incentivized to underreport the # of cases.
[1] See the FT: "Counter-intuitively, healthcare was one of the sectors that provided the biggest drag on the economy, as hospitals stopped performing lucrative elective procedures in order to focus on dealing with coronavirus patients." https://www.ft.com/content/06493320-083a-4a7d-94cc-8db581f9ed03 https://www.ft.com/content/06493320-083a-4a7d-94cc-8db581f9e...