| Autor: |
Athul John, Mustafa Mian, Subhashaan Sreedharan, Arman A. Kahokehr |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Asian Journal of Urology, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 35-41 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2214-3882 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.ajur.2021.07.001 |
| Popis: |
Objective: To investigate the changes in elective private urological procedures in Australia during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Methods: Data were extracted from publicly available datasets from Medicare Benefits Schedule using item numbers assigned to each commonly performed urological intervention. These procedures were divided into three groups: Oncological therapeutic, diagnostic, and non-oncological therapeutic procedures. A smoothing model, based on the historic procedure numbers from 2017 to 2019, was used to forecast monthly number of procedures performed in each category between January 2020 and June 2020. These forecasted models were compared with reported figures. Results: A total of 108 169 procedures were performed between January 2020 and June 2020 based on the Medicare Benefits Schedule item numbers listed. There was a significant reduction (percentage change) in total procedures performed in April 2020 (−22.6%, 95% confidence interval [CI]: −28.7% to −15.4%) and May 2020 (−33.2%, 95% CI: −37.5% to −28.3%). There was a significant reduction in oncological therapeutic, non-oncological therapeutic, and diagnostic procedures performed in April 2020 and May 2020 (p |
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