Substitution of surgical care within benign gynaecology during COVID-19: waste of a good crisis? - a quantitative longitudinal study in the Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the substitution of surgical procedures in benign gynaecology in the Netherlands.

Design

Quantitative longitudinal study evaluating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Setting

Nationwide healthcare delivery was analysed across six benign gynaecological pathways from 2016 to 2022 using Vektis and Dutch Hospital Data (DHD), accessed via Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek).

Participants

The study focused on six benign gynaecological pathways classified using Dutch Diagnosis Treatment Combinations (DTCs): heavy menstrual blood loss (G11), uterine fibroids (G15), endometriosis (G17), prolapse (G25), infertility treatment (F11) and first trimester pregnancy complications (Z12). All

SUBMITTER: Velthuijs ELM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12359422 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature