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Effects of the lockdown on elective hospitalizations in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic

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  • Lopes, Lêticia
  • Martins de Brito Ramalho, Hilton
  • Patrick Santos de Farias Souza, Wallace

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Between 2020 and 2021, Brazil adopted measures to contain the spread of the COVID-19 disease, such as strict social isolation policies (lockdown), causing the damming of outpatient visits and hospitalizations due to non-COVID-19 related diseases. In this context, the objective of this work is to estimate the impact of the lockdown measure on elective weekly non-COVID-19 related hospitalizations, using data from SIH-SUS of 53 selected municipalities. Based on an event study model, it was observed an average reduction of 8.1% in the number of elective hospitalizations, with differences in results between the types of diseases.

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  • Lopes, Lêticia & Martins de Brito Ramalho, Hilton & Patrick Santos de Farias Souza, Wallace, 2025. "Effects of the lockdown on elective hospitalizations in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic," Revista Brasileira de Economia - RBE, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil), vol. 79(2), September.
    • Handle: RePEc:fgv:epgrbe:v:79:y:2025:i:2:a:89170
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