The utilization and provision of pediatric primary care services during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic bmj_company UniHeidelberg uni_mainz COVID19 coronavirus covid pandemic pediatric primarycare
By Dr. Liji Thomas, MDOct 14 2022Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. With the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, a lot of attention was focused on the healthcare systems of various countries, as they were put under a sudden and severe strain with the influx of hundreds of cases. Inevitably, this was associated with the relative neglect of other important conditions, including primary healthcare for children.
In pediatric healthcare, services for emergency care, special needs, including physiotherapy or occupational therapy, immunizations and elective surgeries, and cancer care are some areas severely compromised by the pandemic. This was reflected by higher rates of certain illnesses among children, most famously the increase in severe diabetic ketoacidosis among adolescents and children with type 1 diabetes.
They are responsible for acute care, as well as the management of chronic conditions, and the prevention of many illnesses. They also offer counseling and work in synchrony with community-based healthcare providers. In addition, lack of access to pediatric primary care is likely to disproportionately affect the weakest and most deprived children, increasing the impact of existing inequalities in health status. This has been shown to be so during past epidemics, as poorer and more remote households find it more difficult to access healthcare even as they remain at greater risk.
The study will recruit parents and adolescents via the PCPs in the German state of Baden-Wuerttemberg. The consulting families for these PCPs will be able to participate in the study if willing. The PCPs taking part in the study will be recruited from Bavaria and Berlin, as well as all members of the German Society of Ambulatory Primary Care Paediatrics .
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