Changes in Health Care Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Estimates of National Japanese Data, June 2020–October 2021
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Background
1.2. Objectives
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Statistical Approach
3. Results
3.1. Number of Oupatients
3.2. Number of Inpatients
3.3. Hospital Stay
3.4. New Hospitalizations
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Tanoue, Y.; Ghaznavi, C.; Kawashima, T.; Eguchi, A.; Yoneoka, D.; Nomura, S. Changes in Health Care Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Estimates of National Japanese Data, June 2020–October 2021. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 8810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148810
Tanoue Y, Ghaznavi C, Kawashima T, Eguchi A, Yoneoka D, Nomura S. Changes in Health Care Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Estimates of National Japanese Data, June 2020–October 2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(14):8810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148810
Chicago/Turabian StyleTanoue, Yuta, Cyrus Ghaznavi, Takayuki Kawashima, Akifumi Eguchi, Daisuke Yoneoka, and Shuhei Nomura. 2022. "Changes in Health Care Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Estimates of National Japanese Data, June 2020–October 2021" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 14: 8810. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19148810