The impact of COVID-19 on cancer care in a tertiary hospital in Korea: possible collateral damage to emergency care.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer care in a tertiary hospital in Korea without specific lockdown measures.

Methods

A retrospective cohort of cancer patients from one of the largest tertiary hospitals in Korea was used to compare healthcare utilization in different settings (outpatient cancer clinic, the emergency department [ED], and admissions to the hematology/oncology ward) between January 1 and December 31, 2020 and the same time period in 2019. The percent changes in healthcare utilization between the 2 periods were calculated.

Results

A total of 448,833 cases from the outpatient cohort, 26,781 cases from the ED cohort, and 14,513 cases from the admission cohort were reviewed for 2019 and 2020. The total number of ED visit c

SUBMITTER: Yoo SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9684015 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature