Intended healthcare utilisation in cases of severe COVID-19 and inflammatory gastrointestinal disease: results of a population survey with vignettes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine variations in intended healthcare utilisation in severe cases of COVID-19 and inflammatory gastrointestinal disease (IGD).

Design

Representative cross-sectional telephone survey.

Setting and participants

1207 randomly drawn adults of the city of Hamburg, Germany, between November 2020 and January 2021.

Outcome measures

Different vignettes with severe symptoms were presented varying in sex, age (child, middle-aged person, older person), daytime (Tuesday morning or Tuesday evening) and disease (COVID-19 or IGD), while the degree of urgency was equivalent for all cases. The respondents were asked for the intended healthcare utilisation resulting in three different alternatives: general practitioner (GP)/paediatrician, medical on-call service

SUBMITTER: Klein J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8971358 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature