Department of Medicine & Pharmacology, Second-Year Professional Student. Irma Lerma Rangel College of Pharmacy, Texas A&M University, Kingsville, Texas, USA.
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
Hosp Pract (1995). 2021 Oct;49(4):232-239. doi: 10.1080/21548331.2021.1917896. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused the United States to hit record numbers of COVID-19 cases: peak unemployment of 14.7%, an increase in $4 trillion in national debt, and an estimated 3.4% GDP decline. The current socio-economic environment the pandemic created is just an earthquake that can create a tsunami that is bound to hit the healthcare system and can be felt around the globe. This tsunami is composed of a post-pandemic increase in healthcare facilities admission of indigent patients, decrease in medical reimbursement, and high operating costs to maintain healthcare workers, which can cause a synergistic effect that can lead to healthcare facilities experiencing significant negative total revenue. Time is of the essence, and it is imperative to make a collective effort from all healthcare professionals and legislatures to shift the nation's attention to the issue at hand that can threaten the closure of many healthcare facilities post-pandemic.
失业率达到 14.7%的峰值，国债增加了 4 万亿美元，国内生产总值估计下降了 3.4%。目前疫情造成的社会经济环境就像一场地震，它会引发一场海啸，这场海啸必然会冲击医疗体系，并在全球范围内产生影响。这场海啸由贫困患者在大流行后对医疗机构的入院人数增加、医疗报销减少以及维持医疗工作者的高运营成本组成，这些因素可能会产生协同效应，导致医疗机构的总收入出现显著负值。时间紧迫，所有医疗专业人员和立法机构都必须共同努力，将全国的注意力转移到这一可能威胁许多医疗机构在大流行后面临关闭的问题上。
