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ArticleAntimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE2026

Challenges of small hospitals in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chikako Agata, Dang-An Do, Tomoko Yazawa, Yoshiaki Gu

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Article in Antimicrobial stewardship & healthcare epidemiology : ASHE, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Chikako AgataDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0003-3346-5699
Dang-An DoDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4373-8462
Tomoko YazawaDepartment of Infectious Disease Emergency Preparedness, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Yoshiaki GuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2509-1052

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An analysis of 630 hospitals and 488 COVID-19 clusters in Tokyo (2020/07-2022/05) found contrasting associations between hospital size and cluster frequency. Compared to larger hospitals (≥600 beds), smaller ones (20-99 beds) reported fewer clusters per facility (0.5 vs 2.0), but a higher cluster number per 1000 beds (6.0 vs 2.5).

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PMID42038598
PMCPMC13104564

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