Older adults report cancellation or avoidance of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam.

Noah A SchusterSascha de BreijLaura A SchaapNatasja M van SchoorMike J L PetersRenate T de JonghMartijn HuismanEmiel O Hoogendijk

Published in: European geriatric medicine (2021)

About one third of the study sample reported cancellation or avoidance of medical care during the first months of the pandemic, and this was more common among those with multiple chronic conditions. How this impacts outcomes in the long term should be investigated in future research.

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