Estimating the health impact of delayed elective care during the COVID -19 pandemic in the Netherlands
Background The COVID-19 pandemic had a major impact on the continuity of healthcare provision. Appointments, treatments and surgeries for non-COVID patients were often delayed, with associated health losses for patients involved. Objective To develop a method to quantify the health impact of delayed elective care for non-COVID patients. Methods A model was developed that estimated the backlog of surgical procedures in 2020 and 2021 using hospital registry data. Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) were obtained from the literature to estimate the non-generated QALYs related to the backlog. In s... Mehr ...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 2023 |
| Reihe/Periodikum: | Oosterhoff , M , Kouwenberg , L , Rotteveel , A , Vliet , E V , Stadhouders , N , Wit , A D & Giessen , A V 2023 , ' Estimating the health impact of delayed elective care during the COVID -19 pandemic in the Netherlands ' , Social Science & Medicine , vol. 320 , 115658 , pp. 1-11 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115658 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-27620003 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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| Link(s) : | https://research.vu.nl/en/publications/4ca0eb94-ca17-4af3-9a60-6cac3dd3aa56 |
