Care by general practitioners for patients with asthma or COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Corinne Rijpkema, Lotte Ramerman, Maarten Homburg, Eline Meijer, Jean Muris, Tim olde Hartman, Marjolein Berger, Lilian Peters, Robert Verheij |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Midwifery Science, APH - Quality of Care, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), RS: CAPHRI - R5 - Optimising Patient Care, Family Medicine |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
| Předmět: |
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Primary Health Care NETHERLANDS After-Hours Care/methods Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology Healthcare improvement science Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 18] Pulmonary Disease All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center General Practitioners Asthma/epidemiology Humans Pulmonary Disease Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology Pandemics COVID-19/epidemiology |
| Zdroj: | npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 33(1):15. Nature Publishing Group Rijpkema, C, Ramerman, L, Homburg, M, Meijer, E, Muris, J, Olde Hartman, T, Berger, M, Peters, L & Verheij, R 2023, ' Care by general practitioners for patients with asthma or COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic ', npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, vol. 33, no. 1, 15, pp. 15 . https://doi.org/10.1038/s41533-023-00340-z Npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 33 Npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 33, 1 npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 33(1):15. SPRINGERNATURE npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine, 33(1):15. Springer Nature |
| ISSN: | 2055-1010 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41533-023-00340-z |
| Popis: | The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on general practitioners’ (GP) care for patients with asthma and/or COPD is largely unknown. To describe the impact of the pandemic on asthma or COPD-related GP care, we analysed routinely recorded electronic health records data from Dutch general practices and out-of-hours (OOH) services. During the COVID-19 pandemic (2020), the contact rates for asthma and/or COPD were significantly lower in GP practices and OOH services compared with the pre-pandemic period (2019) (respectively, 15% lower and 28% lower). The proportion of telephone contacts increased significantly with 13%-point in GP practices and 12%-point at OOH services, while the proportion of face-to-face contacts decreased. Furthermore, the proportion of high urgent contacts with OOH services decreased by 8.5%-point. To conclude, the overall contact rates in GP practices and OOH services decreased, while more contacts were remote. Lower contact rates have, after a short follow-up, not resulted in more patients with exacerbations in OOH care. However, this might still be expected after a longer follow-up. |
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