RT Journal Article
T1 Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Healthcare Activity in the Regional Hospitals of Andalusia (Spain).
A1 Lopez-Villegas, Antonio
A1 Bautista-Mesa, Rafael Jesus
A1 Baena-Lopez, Miguel Angel
A1 Garzon-Miralles, Antonio
A1 Castellano-Ortega, Miguel Angel
A1 Leal-Costa, Cesar
A1 Peiro, Salvador
K1 COVID-19
K1 Spain
K1 healthcare activity
K1 regional hospitals
K1 telemedicine
AB (1) Background: The large global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has overloaded the public health systems and reduced the regular healthcare activity, leading to a major health crisis. The main objective of this study was to carry out a comparative evaluation of the healthcare activities in the hospitals of Eastern Andalusia, Spain. (2) Methods: In this study, an observational, multicentered, and retrospective approach was adopted to compare the healthcare activities of the Poniente Hospital (PH) and the Alto Guadalquivir Health Agency (AGHA). Data was collected over a period of 24 months, i.e., from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020, and the variables evaluated were: patients seen in the hospital emergency service (HES), X-ray tests performed, patients cited in outpatient consultations, surgical interventions performed, and patients included in the waiting list. (3) Results: The analysis of the above-mentioned variables revealed a significant reduction in the number of patients registered in 2020 at HES as compared to that in 2019 for both PH (p = 0.002) and AGHA (p
SN 2077-0383
YR 2022
FD 2022-01-12
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21233
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/21233
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DS RISalud
RD Mar 14, 2025