Towards new definitions of avoidable hospital admissions

2 While a hospital admission is rarely relished, there is evidence across international health systems that the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened peoples’ desire to stay out of hospital, with an increasing trend of patients delaying or avoiding seeking urgent care altogether for fear of being admitted. 3 While specific worries about hospital-acquired infection are undoubtedly a component, it appears that people may be more broadly re-evaluating the pros and cons of unscheduled hospital care as part of their re-framed priorities in the post-pandemic era.

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