Impact of state of emergency for coronavirus disease 2019 on hospital visits and disease exacerbation: the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Studies on the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on people's routine medical care are limited, and understanding the factors associated with medical care avoidance can inform us about the ongoing pandemic.

Objectives

We aimed to assess the impact of Japan's state of emergency and stay-at-home policy for COVID-19 on hospital visits and disease exacerbation; we also identified related factors.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used data from the Japan COVID-19 and Society Internet Survey (JACSIS), which included randomly sampled research agency panellists in Japan. Among the 28,000 participants, we included 7,747 respondents who reported having any disease. We described baseline characteristics and avoidance-related hospital visit outcomes. We us

SUBMITTER: Yoshida S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9037356 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature