Gutenberg Open Science: Medical appointments and provision of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mainz, Germany

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dc.contributor.author	Schepers, Markus	-
dc.contributor.author	Schmidtmann, Irene	-
dc.contributor.author	Zahn, Daniela	-
dc.contributor.author	Wild, Philipp	-
dc.contributor.author	Beutel, Manfred	-
dc.contributor.author	Schuster, Alexander K.	-
dc.contributor.author	Münzel, Thomas	-
dc.contributor.author	Lackner, Karl J.	-
dc.contributor.author	Geschke, Katharina	-
dc.contributor.author	Schattenberg, Jörn	-
dc.contributor.author	Baumkötter, Rieke	-
dc.contributor.author	Yilmaz, Simge	-
dc.contributor.author	Wollschläger, Daniel	-
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-26T08:03:40Z	-
dc.date.available	2023-05-26T08:03:40Z	-
dc.date.issued	2023	-
dc.identifier.uri	https://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/9142	-
dc.description.abstract	Previous evidence suggested that non-COVID-19-related medical care was reduced during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it remained unclear whether or to which extent this effect lasted beyond the first wave, or existed in a longer time frame. Here, we consider questionnaire data of the Gutenberg-COVID-19 study together with pre-pandemic baseline data of the Gutenberg Health Study concerning the region around Mainz, Germany, to study the effects of the pandemic on the provision of medical care until April 2021. We observed that the proportion of cancelled medical appointments was low and that the fraction of participants with a medical appointment as an indicator for the number of appointments being made was in line with pre-pandemic levels. Appointments were more likely cancelled by the patient (rather than the provider), and more likely cancelled by medical specialists such as dentists or ophthalmologists (rather than GPs). In conclusion, we found some evidence that, at least with regard to realized appointments, the medical system and the provision of medical care were not harmed by the COVID-19 pandemic on a longer time scale.	en_GB
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Projektnummer 491381577	de
dc.language.iso	eng	de
dc.rights	CC BY	*
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	*
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medizin	de_DE
dc.subject.ddc	610 Medical sciences	en_GB
dc.title	Medical appointments and provision of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mainz, Germany	en_GB
dc.type	Zeitschriftenaufsatz	de
dc.identifier.doi	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9125	-
jgu.type.contenttype	Scientific article	de
jgu.type.dinitype	article	en_GB
jgu.type.version	Published version	de
jgu.type.resource	Text	de
jgu.organisation.department	FB 04 Medizin	de
jgu.organisation.number	2700	-
jgu.organisation.name	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz	-
jgu.rights.accessrights	openAccess	-
jgu.journal.title	PLOS ONE	de
jgu.journal.volume	18	de
jgu.journal.issue	1	de
jgu.pages.alternative	e0280292	de
jgu.publisher.year	2023	-
jgu.publisher.name	PLOS	de
jgu.publisher.place	San Francisco, California, US	de
jgu.publisher.issn	1932-6203	de
jgu.organisation.place	Mainz	-
jgu.subject.ddccode	610	de
jgu.publisher.doi	10.1371/journal.pone.0280292	de
jgu.organisation.ror	https://ror.org/023b0x485	-
jgu.subject.dfg	Lebenswissenschaften	de
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