Publication date: Jun 26, 2026
Acute rheumatic fever (ARF) rates declined in Aotearoa New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2022). This study aimed to explore the impact of COVID-19 public health measures on ARF hospitalisations and ethnic inequities for Māori and Pacific peoples. We conducted a descriptive Kaupapa Māori epidemiological study using hospital discharge data to calculate frequencies, rates and rate ratios for initial ARF hospitalisations (
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Covid | Acute |
| Hospitalisations | Aimed |
| Pandemic | Aotearoa |
| Zealand | Arf |
| Covid | |
| Declined | |
| Explore | |
| Fever | |
| Hospitalisations | |
| Inequities | |
| Mori | |
| Pandemic | |
| Rates | |
| Rheumatic | |
| Zealand |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | acute rheumatic fever |
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