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Annals of family medicine · Jan 2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic in Nijmegen, the Netherlands: Changes in Presented Health Problems and Demand for Primary Care.
- Henk Schers, Chris van Weel, Kees van Boven, Reinier Akkermans, Erik Bischoff, and Tim olde Hartman.
- Department of Primary and Community Care, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands henk.schers@radboudumc.nl.
- Ann Fam Med. 2021 Jan 1; 19 (1): 44-47.
AbstractWe studied the changes in presented health problems and demand for primary care since the outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the Netherlands. We analyzed prominent symptom features of COVID-19, and COVID-19 itself as the reason for encounter. Also, we analyzed the number and type of encounters for common important health problems. Respiratory tract symptoms related to COVID-19 were presented more often in 2020 than in 2019. We observed a dramatic increase of telephone/e-mail/Internet consultations in the months after the outbreak. Contacts for other health problems such as prevention and acute and chronic conditions plummeted substantially (P <0.001); mental health problems stabilized.© 2021 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
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