Physician visits and medication prescriptions for major chronic diseases during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan: retrospective cohort study.
Itsuki OsawaTadahiro GotoYuko AsamiNoriharu ItohYasuyuki KagaYuji YamamotoYusuke TsugawaPublished in: BMJ open (2021)
Although the number of physician visits declined right after the COVID-19 outbreak, it returned to the baseline one month later; patients were not skipping medications during the pandemic.