Dutch GP healthcare consumption in COVID-19 heterogeneous regions: an interregional time-series approach in 2020-2021.

Maarten Theodoor HomburgMarjolein BergerMatthijs BerendsEline MeijerThijmen KupersLotte RamermanCorinne RijpkemaEvelien de SchepperTim C Olde HartmanJean MurisRobert VerheijLilian Peters

Published in: BJGP open (2024)

Healthcare consumption decreased irrespective of the regional prevalence of COVID-19 from the start of the pandemic, with the Delta variant triggering a further decrease. Overall, changes in care consumption appeared to reflect contextual factors and societal restrictions rather than infection rates.

Keyphrases

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respiratory syndrome coronavirus
palliative care
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