Impact of COVID-19 on hospital visit behaviour in cancer patients in Japan: a nationwide study.

Impact of COVID-19 on hospital visit behaviour in cancer patients in Japan: a nationwide study.

Publication date: Dec 26, 2024

Lockdowns and outing restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic may have altered attitudes towards hospital visits. This study aimed to investigate changes in long-distance visits outside of secondary healthcare service areas (SHSA) among cancer patients in Japan. Retrospective observational study. Inpatient data from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. We retrospectively analysed inpatient data from January 2018 to December 2021, extracted from the Japanese Diagnosis Procedure Combination database. The study examined whether the patient’s hospital was within their residence’s SHSA and compared the admission rates before and after the pandemic. The data of a total of 2 394 760 patients were analysed. Admission rates outside the SHSA significantly decreased after the pandemic compared with prepandemic years (26. 67% and 27. 58%, respectively, p

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Concepts Keywords
December Adolescent
Decreased Adult
Inpatient Aged
Japan Aged, 80 and over
Child
COVID-19
COVID-19
Female
Hospitalization
Hospitals
Humans
Japan
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasms
Pandemics
Patients
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
Young Adult

Semantics

Type Source Name
disease MESH COVID-19
disease MESH cancer

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