Impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in health services usage

• David Moriña ^[1]
  1. [1] Universitat de Barcelona

     Universitat de Barcelona

     Barcelona, España

     
• Localización: BEIO, Boletín de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, ISSN 1889-3805, Vol. 38, Nº. 2, 2022
• Idioma: inglés
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  • español

    Las medidas de restricción de la movilidad adoptadas para minimizar el impacto de la pandemia de Covid-19 provocaron una disminución en el uso de los servicios de salud, ¿cuál es el impacto esperable?

  • English

    The lockdown and other mobility restriction measures taken by many governments all over the world to minimise the impact of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic led to a decline in the usage of public and private health insurance services by policyholders and a transformation of the interaction between patients and health workers with a greater preference for telephone consultation. There is a recent concern in order to determine whether, by the effect of postponing visits or by the sequelae of having suffered the virus (persistent Covid-19 or side effects), will there be an excess of usage in the upcoming months, especially in severe diagnostics like cancer and among vulnerable subpopulations like older people.