Evaluation of changes in pediatric healthcare activity during the Covid-19 state of alarm in the Canary Islands

Evaluation of changes in pediatric healthcare activity during the Covid-19 state of alarm in the Canary Islands

Objective: During the SARS-CoV-2 state of alarm (SoA), a 30–70% reduction was observed in the number of visits to Pediatric Emergency Departments (ED), as well as frequent delay in diagnosis or difficulty accessing healthcare services. Here we evaluate modifications observed in pediatric healthcare...

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Main Authors: Valewska G. Wallis Gómez, María Hernández Apolinario, Pedro Saavedra Santana, Claudia Hernández Pérez, Natalia Ramos Rueda, Carla Taboada Rubino, Laura Zapata Ferrer, Luis Peña-Quintana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Public Health in Practice
Subjects:
Healthcare utilization
Emergency care
COVID-19
Emergency department
Overcrowding
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666535221000847

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