Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on primary health care disease incidence rates: 2017 to 2020
We assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on new cases of diseases and conditions commonly seen in primary care. In 2020, there were significant reductions from 2017-2019 in the annual incidences of hypertension (40% reduction), hypercholesterolemia (36%), type 2 diabetes (39%), chron...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/386075 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/386075 https://dx.doi.org/10.1370/afm.2731 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Biomathematics COVID-19 (Disease) COVID-19 SARS-Cov-2 Pandemics: Primary care Chronic conditions Under Diagnosis Telemedicine Delivery of health care Health services accessibility Organizational change Population health Biomatemàtica Classificació AMS::92 Biology and other natural sciences::92B Mathematical biology in general Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Matemàtiques i estadística::Matemàtica aplicada a les ciències COVID-19 (Malaltia) |
| Sumario: | We assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain on new cases of diseases and conditions commonly seen in primary care. In 2020, there were significant reductions from 2017-2019 in the annual incidences of hypertension (40% reduction), hypercholesterolemia (36%), type 2 diabetes (39%), chronic kidney disease (43%), ischemic heart disease (48%), benign prostatic hypertrophy (38%), osteoporosis (40%), hypothyroidism (46%), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (50%), alcohol use disorder (46%), benign colon polyps and tumors (42%), and melanomas (45%). Prioritization of COVID-19 care changed the physician-patient relationship to the detriment of face-to-face scheduled visits for chronic disease detection and monitoring, which fell by almost 41%. To return to prepandemic levels of diagnosis and management of chronic diseases, primary health care services should reorganize and carry out specific actions for groups at higher risk. |
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