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We hypothesized neonatal visits would decrease and the degree of decline would vary by condition.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective cohort study of neonatal visits to the urgent cares, emergency departments, inpatient units, and intensive care units at a free-standing pediatric healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic and a comparator period. We included visits of infants presenting for acute care within the first 30 days of life. Transfers from a referring nursery, inpatient unit, or ICU were excluded. Data collected included demographics, patient characteristics, and visit characteristics. Descriptive statistics and \u03c72 tests were used for analyses and to determine statistically significant differences.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>We identified 4439 neonatal acute care visits, of which 2677 occurred in the prepandemic period and 1762 in the COVID-19 pandemic period, representing a 34.2% decline. Urgent cares and emergency departments experienced the greatest decline in visits for infectious conditions (49%) and the proportion of these visits also significantly decreased. Similarly, the largest clinically significant declines in hospitalizations were for infectious and respiratory diagnoses (48% and 52%, respectively) and the proportions of these hospitalizations also significantly decreased. Despite a small decline in hospitalizations for jaundice, the proportion of jaundice hospitalizations significantly increased by 5.7% (P = .02).<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with a significant reduction in neonatal visits across a spectrum of acute care settings. 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