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2021-06-16Zeitschriftenartikel DOI: 10.25646/8333
Utilisation of outpatient medical services by people with diagnosed diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
dc.contributor.authorDu, Yong
dc.contributor.authorBaumert, Jens
dc.contributor.authorDamerow, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorRommel, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorScheidt-Nave, Christa
dc.contributor.authorHeidemann, Christin
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-18T16:27:36Z
dc.date.available2021-06-18T16:27:36Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-16none
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/8404
dc.description.abstractPeople with diabetes regularly need outpatient medical care due to their disease and possible concomitant and secondary illnesses. Using data from the nationwide GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS survey conducted from April 2019 to September 2020, the present study examines developments in outpatient utilisation behaviour during the measures put in place to contain the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. During the observation period, people with diabetes had a significantly higher rate of utilisation of medical services provided by general practitioners (GPs) and specialists than the population as a whole. In the spring of 2020, when the restrictions were put in place, utilisation of specialist medical services by people with diabetes decreased temporarily by 46% compared to the 2019 reference period. In contrast, no relevant decline in the utilisation of medical services provided by GPs was observed, but this could be related to adaptations of care provision through telephone consultations for people with regularly requiring GP office visits. The issue examined here requires further observations in view of the renewed containment measures.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectUtilisationeng
dc.subjectMedical Serviceseng
dc.subjectDiabeteseng
dc.subjectSARS-CoV-2eng
dc.subjectCOVID-19eng
dc.subjectGEDAeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleUtilisation of outpatient medical services by people with diagnosed diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:kobv:0257-176904/8404-6
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.25646/8333
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