Healthcare utilization and maternal and child mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 18 low- and middle-income countries: An interrupted time-series analysis with mathematical modeling of administrative data.
Tashrik AhmedTimothy RobertonPetra VergeerPeter M HansenMichael A PetersAnthony Adofo OfosuCharles MwansamboCharles NzeluChea Sanford WessehFrancis SmartJean Patrick AlfredMamoutou DiabateMartina BayeMohamed Lamine YansaneNaod WendradNur Ali MohamudPaul MbakaSylvain YumaYoussoupha NdiayeHusnia SadatHelal UddinHelen KiarieRaharison TsihoryGeorge MwinnyaaJean de Dieu RusatiraPablo Amor FernandezPierre MuhozaPrativa BaralSalomé DrouardTawab HashemiJed FriedmanGil ShapiraPublished in: PLoS medicine (2022)
Declines in healthcare utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic amplified the pandemic's harmful impacts on health outcomes and threaten to reverse gains in reducing maternal and child mortality. As efforts and resource allocation toward prevention and treatment of COVID-19 continue, essential health services must be maintained, particularly in low- and middle-income countries.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- coronavirus disease
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- cardiovascular events
- mental health
- birth weight
- pregnancy outcomes
- risk factors
- electronic health record
- big data
- quality improvement
- type diabetes
- coronary artery disease
- machine learning
- pregnant women
- cardiovascular disease
- weight gain
- combination therapy
- artificial intelligence
- smoking cessation