Has COVID-19 affected dementia diagnosis rates in England?
Has COVID-19 affected dementia diagnosis rates in England?
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DOI：
10.1002/gps.5976
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发表时间：
2023-07-01
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通讯作者：
Howard，Robert
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作者：
Hazan，Jemma;Liu，Kathy Y. Y.;Howard，Robert
背景COVID - 19大流行影响了所有国家卫生服务（NHS）服务的护理和日常活动的提供。虽然英国全科医生转介到记忆服务的人数已恢复到大流行前的水平，但在2020年3月至2023年2月期间，估计的痴呆症诊断率（DDR）下降了5.4%。方法在本文中，我们探讨这种减少是准确的还是国民保健服务收集数据的方式的人工制品。我们探讨了在COVID - 19大流行期间和之后可能影响国家痴呆症诊断率的过程。结论我们讨论了未来可以采取哪些措施来改善DDR。
BackgroundThe COVID‐19 pandemic impacted on the provision of care and routine activity of all National Health Service (NHS) services. While General Practitioner referrals to memory services in England have returned to pre‐pandemic levels, the estimated dementia diagnosis rate (DDR) fell by 5.4% between March 2020 and February 2023.MethodsIn this paper we explore whether this reduction is accurate or is an artefact of the way the NHS collects data.ResultsWe explore the processes that may have affected national dementia diagnosis rates during and following the COVID‐19 pandemic.ConclusionsWe discuss what action could be taken to improve the DDR in the future.