Observational studyBulletin of the World Health Organization2020
Impact of COVID-19 response on global surgical volumes: an ongoing observational study.
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- Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Rates and Epidemiology ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Melanoma Diagnosis: Increased Breslow Thickness in Primary Melanomas-A Single Center Experience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Restoring non-COVID-19 clinical research and surveillance in Oyo state, Nigeria during the SARS-CoV-2pandemic.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries.Nature medicine · 2022Article
- Global overview of the management of acute cholecystitis during the COVID-19 pandemic (CHOLECOVID study).BJS open · 2022Article
- Impending Backlog of Cleft Palate Patients Due to COVID-19.Annals of global health · 2022Article
- December Is Coming: A Time Trend Analysis of Monthly Variation in Adult Elective Anesthesia Caseload across Florida and Texas Locations of a Large Multistate Practice.Anesthesiology · 2021Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on melanoma diagnosis.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2021Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the surveillance, prevention and control of antimicrobial resistance: a global survey.The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2021Article
- The indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic on inpatient admissions in 204 Kenyan hospitals: An interrupted time series analysis.PLOS global public health · 2021Article
- Regional anesthesia educational material utilization varies by World Bank income category: A mobile health application data study.PloS one · 2021Article
- Will coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have an impact on antimicrobial resistance?Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether location-linked anaesthesiology calculator mobile application (app) data can serve as a qualitative proxy for global surgical case volumes and therefore monitor the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
methodsWe collected data provided by users of the mobile app "Anesthesiologist" during 1 October 2018-30 June 2020. We analysed these using RStudio and generated 7-day moving-average app use plots. We calculated country-level reductions in app use as a percentage of baseline. We obtained data on COVID-19 case counts from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. We plotted changing app use and COVID-19 case counts for several countries and regions.
findingsA total of 100 099 app users within 214 countries and territories provided data. We observed that app use was reduced during holidays, weekends and at night, correlating with expected fluctuations in surgical volume. We observed that the onset of the pandemic prompted substantial reductions in app use. We noted strong cross-correlation between COVID-19 case count and reductions in app use in low- and middle-income countries, but not in high-income countries. Of the 112 countries and territories with non-zero app use during baseline and during the pandemic, we calculated a median reduction in app use to 73.6% of baseline.
conclusionApp data provide a proxy for surgical case volumes, and can therefore be used as a real-time monitor of the impact of COVID-19 on surgical capacity. We have created a dashboard for ongoing visualization of these data, allowing policy-makers to direct resources to areas of greatest need.
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