Colonoscopy in France during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We hypothesized that the COVID-19 pandemic may have modified dispensing of colonoscopy preparations, a proxy for the number of colonoscopies performed. We therefore studied changes in dispensing of colonoscopy preparations during the pandemic in France.

Methods

Using the French national health data system, we identified colonoscopy preparations dispensed from 2018 to 2020. The expected 2020 dispensations were estimated from 2018 to 2019 dispensations.

Results

Dispensing of colonoscopy preparations decreased markedly during the eight weeks of national lockdown: 83,045 colonoscopy preparations were dispensed, i.e., 181,826 (68.6%) fewer than expected. After lockdown, dispensing of colonoscopy preparations gradually returned to expected numbers. Overall, this rep

SUBMITTER: Meyer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7787877 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature