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Title: | Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Primary Health Care Disease Incidence Rates: 2017 to 2020 |
Author: | Sisó Almirall, Antoni Kostov, Belchin Sánchez, Encarna Benavent-Àreu, Jaume González de Paz, Luis |
Keywords: | Malalties cròniques Canvi organitzatiu COVID-19 Serveis sanitaris Atenció primària Chronic diseases Organizational change COVID-19 Health services Primary care |
Issue Date: | 24-Sep-2021 |
Publisher: | Annals of Family Medicine |
Abstract: | We assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on new cases of diseases and conditions commonly seen in primary care. In 2020, there were significant reductions from 2017-2019 in the annual incidences of hypertension (40% reduction), hypercholesterolemia (36%), type 2 diabetes (39%), chronic kidney disease (43%), ischemic heart disease (48%), benign prostatic hypertrophy (38%), osteoporosis (40%), hypothyroidism (46%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (50%), alcohol use disorder (46%), benign colon polyps and tumors (42%), and melanomas (45%). Prioritization of COVID-19 care changed the physician-patient relationship to the detriment of face-to-face scheduled visits for chronic disease detection and monitoring, which fell by almost 41%. To return to prepandemic levels of diagnosis and management of chronic diseases, primary health care services should reorganize and carry out specific actions for groups at higher risk. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2731 |
It is part of: | Annals of Family Medicine, 2021, vol. 20, num.1, p. 63-68 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/206673 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.2731 |
ISSN: | 1544-1709 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) |
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