Elective [adjective]

Ballad Health, whose 21 hospitals serve that region, temporarily stopped all elective surgeries and set up mobile morgues.

Funding from Congress has provided some relief for hospital systems across the country, but many are losing money as a result of halting elective surgeries.

Clinical trials and elective procedures for other conditions have been put on hold.

Typically, the most profitable services hospitals offer are elective procedures, such as hip replacements or knee surgeries.

Youngkin, 54, who in September retired as co-chief executive of the Washington private equity giant Carlyle Group, has never held elective office.

During the pandemic, hospitals were forced to forgo elective surgeries and other nonessential services that help drive the minimal revenue that rural facilities bring in annually.

Ambulance use surged in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic, even as emergency medical service providers struggled due to the revenue hit they took from delayed and canceled elective procedures.

The drop in volumes for elective business for health systems has had a dramatic negative impact on their financials.

Eddington said elective courses were designed to match the range of students’ career goals.

In Southwest Virginia, where cases have been surging, the Ballad Health hospital system has suspended elective surgeries so it can better handle an influx of patients.