Study analyzes the average inpatient care costs for COVID-19 patients, revealing significant variations in expenses across pandemic waves and patient demographics.
<p>The COVID-19 pandemic placed unprecedented demands on the nation’s hospitals, with 6.2 million Americans hospitalized for treatment of the infection. A new study finds that the average cost of providing care to hospitalized COVID-19 patients increased five times faster than the rate of medical inflation during the first two years of the pandemic, at least partly because of the application of additional medical technologies over the period.</p>
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