The impact of COVID-19 and national pandemic responses on health service utilisation in seven low- and middle-income countries.
Donald Luke FejfarAfom T AndomMeba MsuyaMarc Antoine JeuneWesler LambertPrince F VarneyMoses Banda AronEmilia ConnollyAmeyalli JuárezZeus ArandaAnne NiyigenaVincent Kalumire CubakaFoday BoimaVicky ReedMichael R LawKaren Ann GrépinJean Claude MugungaBethany Hedt-GauthierIsabel R FulcherPublished in: Global health action (2023)
Context-specific strategies show the ability of health systems to sustain essential health services during the pandemic. The link between pandemic responses and healthcare utilisation can inform purposeful strategies to ensure communities have access to care and provide lessons for promoting the utilisation of health services elsewhere.