Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on diagnostic pathology in the Netherlands
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has a huge impact on healthcare provided. The nationwide pathology registry of the Netherlands, PALGA, offers an outstanding opportunity to measure this impact for diseases in which pathology examinations are involved. Methods: Pathology specimen numbers in 2020 were compared with specimen numbers in 2019 for 5 periods of 4 weeks, representing two lockdowns and the periods in between, taking into account localization, procedure and benign versus malignant diagnosis. Results: The largest decrease was seen during the first lockdown (spring 2020), when numbers of... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | van Velthuysen , M L F , van Eeden , S , le Cessie , S , de Boer , M , van Boven , H , Koomen , B M , Roozekrans , F , Bart , J , Timens , W & Voorham , Q J M 2022 , ' Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on diagnostic pathology in the Netherlands ' , BMC Health Services Research , vol. 22 , no. 1 , 166 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-022-07546-w |
| Schlagwörter: | /dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/good_health_and_well_being / SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27226861 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://pure.eur.nl/en/publications/8e6b7101-9c9e-423b-9ba8-061b916add38 |
