Immediate and long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on delivery of surgical services

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 107, Issue 10, 2020, Pages 1250-1261

  Soreide K ^a,b   Hallet, J ^e   Matthews, J B ^g   Schnitzbauer, A A ^k   Line, P D ^c,d   Lai, P B S ^l   Otero, J ^m   Callegaro, D ⁿ   Warner, S G ^h   Baxter, N N ^p   Teh, C S C ^q,r,s   Ng Kamstra, J ^f   Meara, J G ^i,j   Hagander, L ^t   Lorenzon, L ^o  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^h CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^j BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^l CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^m HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

ⁿ Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico   (Spain)

^o FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^q St Luke's Hospital   (Philippines)

^r MAKATI MEDICAL CENTER   (Philippines)

^s National Kidney and Transplant Institute Philippines   (Philippines)

^t LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANESTHESIST; CANCER THERAPY; CANCER TRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPETENCE; CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019; DISEASE BURDEN; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; FLU LIKE SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH WORKFORCE; HOME QUARANTINE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PANDEMIC; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUARANTINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRAINING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLOBAL HEALTH; INFECTION CONTROL; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SURGERY;

COVID-19; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PANDEMICS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 85083771998     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.11670     Document Type: Review

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