Effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on outpatient care and rehabilitation in neuromuscular clinical practice in Japan: a health insurance claims database analysis.

Toshio SaitoYukari Matsuo-TezukaYasuo SugitaniTakumi TajimaJunko Fukao-WashinoSadaoki SakaiMasao Iwagami

Published in: BMJ open (2023)

Outpatient consultation and rehabilitation visits during the COVID-19 pandemic were affected in Japanese patients with NMDs. Longer-term evaluations are required to understand if these reductions in outpatient care would affect patient prognosis.

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