The Collapse of Infectious Disease Diagnoses Commonly Due to Communicable Respiratory Pathogens During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: A Time Series and Hierarchical Clustering Analysis

Background: Nonpharmaceutical interventions such as physical distancing and mandatory masking were adopted in many jurisdictions during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic to decrease spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). We determined the effects of these interventions on incidence of healthcare utilization for other infectious diseases. Methods: Using a healthcare administrative dataset, we employed an …