The Impact of COVID-19 on Hospital Admissions for Twelve High-Burden Diseases and Five Common Procedures in the Philippines: A National Health Insurance Database Study 2019-2020

• Main Authors: Uy, Jhanna, Siy Van, Vanessa T, Ulep, Valerie Gilbert T, Bayani, Diana Beatriz, Walker, Damian
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: COVID-19; hospital care; insurance database; Health and Medical Administration; Insurance
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/hs-faculty-pubs/13; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=hs-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Background The Philippines has the highest cumulative COVID-19 cases and deaths in the Western-Pacific. To explore the broader health impacts of the pandemic, we assessed the magnitude and duration of changes in hospital admissions for 12 high-burden diseases and the utilization of five common proce...