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AU - Du, Yong
AU - Baumert, Jens
AU - Damerow, Stefan
AU - Rommel, Alexander
AU - Scheidt-Nave, Christa
AU - Heidemann, Christin
TI -
Utilisation of outpatient medical services by people with diagnosed diabetes during the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
KW - Inanspruchnahme
KW - Gesundheitsleistung
KW - chronische Krankheit
KW - Epidemie
KW - ambulante Behandlung
KW - ambulante Versorgung
KW - Gesundheitsversorgung
KW - medizinische Versorgung
KW - Indikator
KW - Bundesrepublik Deutschland
KW - medical services
KW - diabetes
KW - SARS-COV-2
KW - COVID-19
KW - GEDA 2019/2020-EHIS
KW - 2018 microcensus
PY - 2021
N2 - Veröffentlichungsversion
N2 - begutachtet (peer reviewed)
N2 - In: Journal of Health Monitoring ; 6 (2021) 2 ; 51-58
N2 - People 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.
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