The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on waiting times for elective surgery patients: A multicenter study

• Mikko Uimonen ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: mikko.uimonen@ksshp.fi

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, Jyväskylä, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6609-1345

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• Ilari Kuitunen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland, Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8178-9610

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• Juha Paloneva,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, Jyväskylä, Finland, School of Medicine, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

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• Antti P. Launonen,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

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• Ville Ponkilainen,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Central Finland Hospital Nova, Jyväskylä, Finland

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• Ville M. Mattila

  Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Orthopaedics, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

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