In-Hospital Deaths From Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The COVID-19 pandemic may have played a role in the deterioration of access to medical care for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs).

Objective

To ascertain whether the number of in-hospital deaths and in-hospital mortality rate associated with ACSC changed after the declaration of the COVID-19 national state of emergency in Japan.

Design, setting, and participants

This cohort study used a difference-in-differences design to compare outcomes for ACSC in the period before (January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2019) vs the period after (January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2020) Japan declared a national state of emergency for the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyses used discharge summary data from 242 acute care hospitals across Japan. The sample comprised unschedul

SUBMITTER: Abe K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10288336 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature