Health care access of thyroid disease patients in Serbia during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19
Health care
Pandemic
Serbia
Thyroid
Journal
Journal of endocrinological investigation
ISSN: 1720-8386
Titre abrégé: J Endocrinol Invest
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 7806594
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Aug 2022
Aug 2022
Historique:
received:
18
02
2022
accepted:
14
03
2022
pubmed:
25
3
2022
medline:
14
7
2022
entrez:
24
3
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The aim of this study was to assess the impact of repurposing health care facilities in response to COVID-19 on the access of patients with thyroid disease to health care. This study consisted of a web-based survey. The survey was anonymous and consisted of forty questions. This survey included 206 respondents. 91.3% of the respondents had health insurance through the Republic Fund of Health Insurance, 9.7% had private or both health insurances, and 3.4% did not have any health insurance. A significant proportion of respondents (60.4%) had to switch from public to private health care to reach a physician and 73.8% had to switch from public to private laboratories. For the 91.9%, this was perceived as a financial burden. Before the pandemic, 83.1% of respondents reported regular follow-up by physicians, which decreased to 44.9% during the pandemic (p < 0.01). 76.3% of the respondents regarded that their thyroid disease was managed optimally before the pandemic, while this figure declined to only 48% during the pandemic (p < 0.01). The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the medical care of thyroid patients in Serbia. For the patients treated in the public health care system, access to general practice was hindered, while access to specialist care was disrupted. It led to a switch from public to private health care, which was perceived as a financial burden for almost all the respondents. However, private health care proved to be an important safety net when the public system was overwhelmed.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35325447
doi: 10.1007/s40618-022-01787-6
pii: 10.1007/s40618-022-01787-6
pmc: PMC8944403
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1521-1526Informations de copyright
© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Italian Society of Endocrinology (SIE).
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