Examining the impact of COVID-19 on health care utilization among persons with chronic spinal cord injury/dysfunction: a population study.
Arrani SenthinathanMina TadrousSwaleh HussainBeverley Catharine CravenSusan B JaglalRahim MoineddinJohn ShepherdLauren CadelVanessa K NoonanSandra McKayKaren TuSara J T GuilcherPublished in: Spinal cord (2023)
Healthcare utilization dropped in the initial pandemic onset period as physicians, specialists, and urologists, as well as hospitalization visits decreased significantly (p < 0.05) versus pre-pandemic levels. Virtual visit increases compensated for in-person visit decreases as the pandemic progressed to allow for total visits to partially recover.