Essential Healthcare Services in the Face of COVID-19 Prevention: Experiences from a Referral Hospital in Ethiopia
| Autor: | Leul Mesfin Ferede, Abel Balcha Berhanu, Seid Getahun Abdela, Johan van Griensven |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Pneumonia Viral 030231 tropical medicine MEDLINE Betacoronavirus 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Virology Pandemic Health care medicine Humans In patient Pandemics Referral and Consultation SARS-CoV-2 business.industry COVID-19 Articles medicine.disease Infectious Diseases Family planning Parasitology Ethiopia Medical emergency Coronavirus Infections business Delivery of Health Care |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| ISSN: | 1476-1645 0002-9637 |
| Popis: | Globally, healthcare systems are facing the enormous challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethiopia is currently implementing different preventive measures to interrupt the transmission of SARS-CoV-2. The early effect of these preventive measures on essential healthcare service delivery is unknown. In this study, we looked at the number of essential healthcare visits over 8 weeks, 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after the implementation of preventive measures. During the implementation of these measures, patient flow decreased in all elements of essential healthcare service. The decline was dramatic for family planning (98%), emergency surgery (77%), and follow-up of chronic surgical conditions (70%). An understanding of the reasons behind the decrease in patient flow is urgently needed to design ways of sustaining essential care. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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