Impact of COVID-19 on gynecologic and obstetrical services at two large health systems.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted medical care in the US, leading to a significant drop in utilization of some types of health services. We sought to quantify how the pandemic influenced obstetrics and gynecology care at two large health care organizations.

Materials and methods

Comparing 2020 to 2019, we quantified changes to obstetrics and gynecology care at two large health care organizations in the United States, Allegheny Health Network (in western Pennsylvania) and Johns Hopkins University (in Maryland). The analysis considered the numbers of surgical encounters, in-person visits, and telemedicine visits. For each system, we quantified temporal changes in surgical volume, in-person and telemedicine visits, and financial impact related to professional fee reven

SUBMITTER: Liang AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202837 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature