Vahid Mogharab, Mahshid Ostovar, Jakub Ruszkowski, Syed Zohaib Maroof Hussain, Rajeev Shrestha, Uzair Yaqoob, Poorya Aryanpoor, Amir Mohammad Nikkhoo, Parasta Heidari, Athar Rasekh Jahromi, Esmaeil Rayatdoost, Anwar Ali, Farshid Javdani, Roohie Farzaneh, Aref Ghanaatpisheh, Seyed Reza Habibzadeh, Mahdi Foroughian, Sayyed Reza Ahmadi, Reza Akhavan, Bita Abbasi, Behzad Shahi, Arman Hakemi, Ehsan Bolvardi, Farhad Bagherian, Mahsa Motamed, Sina Taherzadeh Boroujeni, Sheida Jamalnia, Amir Mangouri, Maryam Paydar, Neda Mehrasa, Dorna Shirali, Francesco Sanmarchi, Ayesha Saeed, Narges Azari Jafari, Ali Babou, Navid Kalani, Naser Hatami
BACKGROUND: Apart from infecting a large number of people around the world and causing the death of many people, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have changed the healthcare processes of other diseases by changing the allocation of health resources and changing people's access or intention to healthcare systems. OBJECTIVE: To compare the incidence of endpoints marking delayed healthcare seeking in medical emergencies, before and during the pandemic. METHODS: Based on a PICO model, medical emergency conditions that need timely intervention was selected to be evaluated as separate panels...
June 8, 2022: Globalization and Health