In this brief report, Zhao J, Wang Y, Fisher M, Liu R. investigated the impact of COVID‐19 on outpatient stroke clinics and inpatient services and their recovery process.
A significant drop of stroke admissions, evaluations, and related stroke care delivery occurred during the peak period of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak.1-5 As we continue monitoring the situation, we observed that many outpatient clinics have reduced or completely stopped in-person outpatient visits, and there is possible significant difference in recovery process for clinic visits and inpatient services which may have a profound impact on disease management and prevention. In this brief report, we compared the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on outpatient stroke clinics and inpatient services and their potential difference in recovery process.