The impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on diagnostic imaging services in Australia
| Autor: | Mustafa Mian, Alexander Rhodes, Subhashaan Sreedharan, David John Tobias McArdle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Medical Imaging—Original Article
medicine.medical_specialty National Health Programs Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) coronavirus SARS‐CoV‐2 COVID‐19 Health care Pandemic Medical imaging medicine Humans Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging health services Pandemics SARS-CoV-2 business.industry Public health public health Australia COVID-19 Medical Imaging—Original Articles Interrupted time series Magnetic Resonance Imaging radiology Confidence interval Oncology Emergency medicine business Recovery phase |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology |
| ISSN: | 1754-9485 1754-9477 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1754-9485.13291 |
| Popis: | Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic is driving unprecedented changes in healthcare services worldwide. This study aimed to quantify the impact of the first wave of the COVID‐19 pandemic on diagnostic imaging services in Australia using an interrupted time series model. Methods Monthly data were extracted from the Australian Medicare Benefits Schedule for all diagnostic imaging services performed between January 2016 and December 2019. Holt‐Winters forecasting models were developed for total imaging services as well as for each imaging modality. The models were used to predict monthly data between January 2020 and June 2020 with a 95% confidence interval (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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