Impact of COVID-19 on Elective Procedures in the United States - Forecast to 2023: Growth Strategies to Navigate the Uncertainty Surrounding Elective Procedure Deferrals and their Impact
January 18, 2021 10:13 ET | Source: Research and Markets Research and Markets Dublin, IRELAND
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The study offers an overview of the impact of COVID-19 on select medical devices.
The deferral of elective procedures due to COVID-19-related measures has affected the cardiovascular medical device market. While some cardiovascular procedures are considered urgent, others have been rescheduled and deferred. Nearly 83.5% of all orthopedic procedures performed in the United States have been delayed, postponed, or canceled since the COVID-19 outbreak, as they are considered to be elective and non-essential. Traumas, amputations, and oncological procedures are the top essential procedures. Dislocations and fractures, inc
Chris Comisac
HARRISBURG Christmas has come and gone, and while we won’t know for at least a week or two if Pennsylvanians heeded government warnings about the COVID-19 risks of large and small gathering during the holiday, the state’s virus-related numbers vastly improved through this past week and weekend.
For the week of Dec. 18 through Dec. 24, the state Health Department’s COVID-19 Early Warning Monitoring System Dashboard, updated Friday afternoon, showed the seven-day total of new cases was 10,321 fewer than the prior seven-day period of Dec. 11 through Dec. 17, which reported 4,371 fewer new cases than the prior seven-day period of Dec. 4 through Dec. 10. Pennsylvania is still experiencing sizable numbers of new cases for the most-recent seven-day period recorded by the dashboard, a total of 47,813 new cases were reported but the latest reported seven-day total is the lowest since the start of December.
The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 related complications continues to rise in the western part of the state.
363 people were hospitalized in the health department’s Near Southwest region. That includes hospitals in Roanoke, Lynchburg, Danville, Martinsville and parts of the New River Valley.
A graph of COVID-19 hospitalizations from the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association.
A week ago, that figure was 305. The number of patients in Intensive Care (83) and on ventilators (44) also increased.
Statewide, 2,586 people were hospitalized with confirmed or pending COVID-19 diagnoses Wednesday, according to the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association dashboard. That s the highest number since the pandemic began and about a thousand more than one month ago.