The Concept of Health Debt Incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Example of Basal Cell Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Lower Silesia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Database
2.2. Study of Population and Variables
2.3. Statistical Analyses
3. Results
3.1. Patients’ and Practices’ Characteristics
3.2. Reduced Number of New BCC Diagnoses during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
3.3. Reduced Number of New BCC Diagnoses during the COVID-19 Epidemic
3.4. Increased BCC Diagnostics after the COVID-19 Pandemic
3.5. Comparison of Macroscopic Findings with Histopathological Diagnosis
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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Large Medical Facilities | Small Medical Facilities | Private Practices | |
---|---|---|---|
Before the pandemic (January 2018–February 2020) | 7.54 | 43.96 | 3.12 |
During the epidemic (March 2020–May 2022) | 7.89 | 32.74 | 3.52 |
The first wave of the pandemic (March–June 2020) | 4.75 | 17.00 | 2.00 |
After the pandemic (June–December 2022) | 14.43 | 64.00 | 6.57 |
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Szkudlarek, D.; Gębarowski, T.; Hauzer, N.; Wiatrak, B. The Concept of Health Debt Incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Example of Basal Cell Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Lower Silesia. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 4923. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164923
Szkudlarek D, Gębarowski T, Hauzer N, Wiatrak B. The Concept of Health Debt Incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Example of Basal Cell Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Lower Silesia. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(16):4923. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164923
Chicago/Turabian StyleSzkudlarek, Danuta, Tomasz Gębarowski, Nikola Hauzer, and Benita Wiatrak. 2024. "The Concept of Health Debt Incurred during the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Example of Basal Cell Skin Cancer Diagnosis in Lower Silesia" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 16: 4923. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13164923