The burden of COVID-19 in primary care of Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2021-2022.

ABSTRACT: Primary healthcare played a crucial role during the COVID-19 pandemic by preventing, timely diagnosing, and referring severe cases to hospitals, as well as monitoring and counseling patients via telemedicine. We used a cross-sectional approach to analyze the severity outcomes of 174,540 COVID-19 cases treated in primary care in Almaty between 2021 and 2022, by age, sex, disease severity, and comorbidities. Outpatients with COVID-19 were mainly aged 30-39 (20.3%) with a mild course (88.9%). Among adults, females predominated (≥ 60-25.5% vs. 19.2%, < 0.001), and among children (0-17), boys - 21.2% vs. 12.1% (p < 0.001). A higher risk for moderate to severe COVID-19 and adverse outcomes was assessed among older adults, particularly those aged 60 and older compared with younger groups (OR = 9.

SUBMITTER: Kozhekenova N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11822126 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature