The Ecology of Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: a Nationwide Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had a profound impact on health care utilization. However, the overall picture of shifts in health care utilization remains unclear.

Objective

We assessed the ecology of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan and compared it with the results pre-pandemic. We also investigated the associations of sociodemographic and clinical factors with health care utilization during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design and methods

We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of the general Japanese adult population in May 2021. The main outcomes were health care utilization for health-related events in the last month. We assessed sociodemographic and clinical factors, including age, s

SUBMITTER: Aoki T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8821790 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature