Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on diagnostic pathology in the Netherlands.

Marie-Louise F Van VelthuysenS van EedenS le CessieM de BoerH van BovenB M KoomenF RoozekransJ BartHidde J HaismaQ J M Voorham

Published in: BMC health services research (2022)

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant effect on pathology diagnostics in 2020. This effect was most pronounced during the first lockdown, diverse for different anatomical sites and for cytology compared with histology. The data presented here can help to assess the consequences on (public) health and provide a starting point in the discussion on how to make the best choices in times of scarce healthcare resources, considering the impact of both benign and malignant disease on quality of life.

Keyphrases

public health
healthcare
high grade
electronic health record
big data
artificial intelligence
data analysis