The Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Service Utilization Among Chronic Disease Patients in South Africa.

Micheal Kofi BoachieMariana KhozaSusan GoldsteinMaggie MunsamyKaren HofmanEvelyn Thsehla

Published in: Health services insights (2023)

Patients should be educated about the need to continue with utilization of disease programs during a pandemic and beyond. More efforts are needed to improve service use among patients with multi-morbidities.

Keyphrases

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