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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children's hospital: a retrospective study

Langan, D; Shelmerdine, S; Taylor, A; Bryant, WA; Booth, J; Sebire, NJ; Arthurs, O; (2021) Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children's hospital: a retrospective study. BMJ Paediatrics Open , 5 (1) , Article e001210. 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001210. Green open access

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Abstract

In this retrospective observational study, we evaluated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in London on paediatric radiology activity, as a surrogate of overall hospital activity. We showed a large reduction in overall outpatient imaging activity: 49 250 records occurred in the 371 days post COVID-19 period compared with an expected 67 806 records pre COVID-19 period, representing 18 556 ‘missed’ records. Governmental restrictions were associated with reductions in activity, with the largest reduction in activity during tiers 3 and 4 restrictions. Rescheduling such missed outpatients’ appointments represents considerable resource planning and the associated clinical impact on paediatric healthcare remains to be determined.

Type: Article
Title: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on radiology appointments in a tertiary children's hospital: a retrospective study
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001210
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001210
Language: English
Additional information: © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2021. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
Keywords: Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Pediatrics, COVID-19, health services research, statistics
UCL classification: UCL
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URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10133777
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