ArticleInternational journal of health policy and management2022
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Outpatient Service in Primary Healthcare Institutions: An Inspiration From Yinchuan of China.
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- Physician agency in China: evidence from physicians' responses to financial pressure during the COVID-19 pandemic.Health economics review · 2025Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on urban-rural outpatient primary care utilisation in Malaysia: a retrospective time series and spatiotemporal analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Impact of COVID-19 on patterns of drug utilization: A case study at national hospital.PloS one · 2024Article
- Did the COVID-19 pandemic impact urticaria information-seeking behavior in China? A retrospective longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The impact of COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions on HIV care continuum in China: An interrupted time series analysis.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2022Article
- Older Adults' Access to Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Results from the LOckdown and LifeSTyles (LOST) in Lombardia Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Factors Associated with Screening Mammogram Uptake among Women Attending an Urban University Primary Care Clinic in Malaysia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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backgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has posed a great challenge to the healthcare system. This study evaluated the impact of the pandemic on the utilization of primary healthcare (PHC).
methodsThe outpatient data from 158 PHC institutions in Yinchuan from May 1, 2017 to April 30, 2020 were used. The difference in difference (DID) model was used to analyze the difference in the number of outpatient visits per day, total outpatient expenditure per day, and outpatient expenditure per visit between December 2019 and February 2020 compared with the same periods in two previous years. The autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) modelling was used to investigate the association between the outpatient volume and the number of the last week's new COVID-19 cases in Yinchuan, Ningxia, and China.
resultsFrom December 2019 to February 2020, the decline in the number of outpatient visits per day (DID: -367.21 times,
conclusionThis study indicated a significant impact of the pandemic on PHC service utilization. Since PHC service is the foundation of the healthcare system in most developing countries, measures should be taken to make PHC help cope with the crisis and relieve the burden of hospital care.
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