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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022

Can We Identify Patients in Danger of Delayed Treatment? Management of COVID-19 Pandemic Backlog in Urology Care in Poland.

Jakub Marek Ratajczak, Anna Gawrońska, Margaret Fischer, Taras Hladun, Michał Marczak

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jakub Marek RatajczakDepartment of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7194-2551
Anna GawrońskaŁukasiewicz Research Network, Poznań Institute of Technology, 61-755 Poznań, Poland.
Margaret FischerFaculty of Pharmacy, Medical University of Gdansk, 80-210 Gdansk, Poland.
Taras HladunUrology Department, Regional Specialized Hospital in Nowa Sól, 67-100 Nowa Sól, Poland.
Michał MarczakDepartment of Management and Logistics in Health Care, Medical University of Lodz, 90-647 Lodz, Poland.
Medical University of Lodz · PLFoundation of Cardiac Surgery Development · PLGdańsk Medical University · PLŁukasiewicz Research Network · PL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic had a tremendous impact on healthcare systems around the world. This study aims to research the course of surgical treatment in urology during the pandemic in 2020, evaluate the volume of deferred treatment in urology in Poland, and indicate groups of patients that are especially vulnerable to a delay in the delivery of healthcare services. The National Health Found statistics (NHF) database was searched for information on procedures completed in urology departments from 2015 to 2020. Changes in hospital discharges of adults from 2019 to 2021 were investigated using monthly reports of NHF on patient billing groups. Statistics of PSA, testosterone, and creatinine testing were extracted from NHF reports. Annual changes in the number of surgeries were calculated. Then, the estimation of the expected quantity of procedures without the occurrence of the pandemic was performed using linear regression based on data from 2015 to 2020. The estimation was assumed reliable at R

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COVID-19Kidney NeoplasmsTransurethral Resection of ProstateUrologyAdultCommunicable Disease ControlCreatinineHumansMalePandemicsPolandTestosteroneTime-to-TreatmentCreatinineTestosteronebacklogCOVID-19oncologyurolithiasisurology

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PMID36554427
PMCPMC9779168
OpenAlexW4311968173

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