COVID-19 outbreak and its monetary implications for dental practices, hospitals and healthcare workers.
infectious diseases
Journal
Postgraduate medical journal
ISSN: 1469-0756
Titre abrégé: Postgrad Med J
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0234135
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
accepted:
31
03
2020
pubmed:
5
4
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
entrez:
5
4
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The novel COVID-19 came under limelight few months back (December 2019) and has recently been declared a pandemic by WHO. It has resulted in serious financial implications being faced by dental practices, hospitals and healthcare workers. Dental practice currently is restricted to provision of emergency dental care whereas, many hospitals have also cancelled elective procedures to save finances for COVID-19 treatment which is expensive and unpredictable. In addition, healthcare workers are also facing financial challenges in this difficult time. Competent authorities should step in to help dental practices, hospitals and healthcare workers in order to ensure the provision of all types of healthcare efficiently in these testing times and beyond.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32245754
pii: postgradmedj-2020-137781
doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2020-137781
pmc: PMC10016845
doi:
Types de publication
Letter
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
791-792Informations de copyright
© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: None declared.
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