The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on primary health care utilization: an experience from Iran.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Covid-19 pandemic affected the performance of Primary Health Care (PHC) worldwide. This study was performed to investigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the utilization of PHC in Iran.

Method

A before and after study conducted between 2019 and 2021. 56 medical science universities across the country were studied. The data extracted from Electronic Health Record (EHR) is entitled "SIB". Three major indicators included a weighted average of essential services provided by (physician, dentist, mental health expert, midwife, nutritionist), percentage of actual delivered service, and percentage of customer satisfaction was selected as a criterion for assessing the PHC. Descriptive statistics and analytical statistics (Wilcoxon test) using SPSS 16 software w

SUBMITTER: Rezapour R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8960210 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature