My Pediatric Unit Is Almost Empty

Hospitals across the country are seeing fewer sick kids; a pediatrician explores why

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It’s a Friday in April, and after a week on service, I’m down to one pediatric patient in the hospital. Not that I’m wishing for sick children, but as a pediatric and adult hospitalist physician, this isn’t what I’m used to. This isn’t what the entire country and…