Delayed emergency healthcare seeking behaviour by Dutch emergency department visitors during the first COVID-19 wave: a mixed methods retrospective observational study
Abstract Background Emergency department (ED) visits due to non-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) conditions have drastically decreased since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to identify the magnitude, characteristics and underlying motivations of ED visitors with delayed healthcare seeking behaviour during the first wave of the pandemic. Methods Between March 9 and July 92,020, adults visiting the ED of an academic hospital in the East of the Netherlands received an online questionnaire to collect self-reported data on delay in seeking emergency care and subsequent mo... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | BMC Emergency Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2021) |
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Schlagwörter: | Emergency department / COVID-19 pandemic / Delayed care / Special situations and conditions / RC952-1245 / Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid / RC86-88.9 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27021351 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-021-00449-9 |