Missing Diagnoses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Year in Review
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Population
2.2. The Catalan Healthcare System
2.3. New Diagnoses
2.4. COVID-19 Cases
2.5. Statistical Analysis
2.6. Diagnoses Counterfactuals
3. Results
3.1. Main Results
3.2. Cancer Diagnoses
3.3. Socieconomic Gradient
4. Limitations
4.1. Missing Data
4.2. COVID-19 Under-Counting
4.3. Deaths and Missing Diagnoses
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pifarré i Arolas, H.; Vidal-Alaball, J.; Gil, J.; López, F.; Nicodemo, C.; Saez, M. Missing Diagnoses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Year in Review. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 5335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105335
Pifarré i Arolas H, Vidal-Alaball J, Gil J, López F, Nicodemo C, Saez M. Missing Diagnoses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Year in Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(10):5335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105335
Chicago/Turabian StylePifarré i Arolas, Héctor, Josep Vidal-Alaball, Joan Gil, Francesc López, Catia Nicodemo, and Marc Saez. 2021. "Missing Diagnoses during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Year in Review" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 10: 5335. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18105335