Missing Care: the Initial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on CKD Care Delivery.

Clarissa Jonas DiamantidisDavid J CookStephan DunningCyd Kristoff RedelosaMartin Francis D BartolomeRoland Albert A RomeroJoseph A Vassalotti

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2022)

The early COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a marked decline of healthcare services for individuals with CKD, with an incomplete recovery during the later pandemic. Increased telehealth use partially compensated for this deficit. The downstream impact of CKD care reduction on health outcomes requires further study, as does evaluation of effective care delivery models for this population.

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healthcare
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chronic kidney disease
quality improvement
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